Night Replenishment, Supermarket Assistant - Team Leader

John Lewis plc; Reading; Presencial; GBP 17.000 - 24.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Night premium £3.75/hr

Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements

Descripción de la vacante

John Lewis Partnership’s Waitrose shop is seeking a Team Leader to back the management team and uphold our Partner-led service that keeps customers coming back. You will help drive sales, ensure safe operations, and coordinate with colleagues to fulfil online orders and in-store demand.

Lead by example, manage shifts, and contribute ideas for continuous improvement. A night premium enhances hours after 22:00, reflecting our commitment to flexible, customer-focused service.

Formación

• Experience leading teams in a retail environment.
• Understanding of retail operations and commercial performance.
• Experience in customer-facing roles and service excellence.
• Ability to manage stakeholders including suppliers and partners.

Responsabilidades

• Support shop management with tasks and coordinate with all shop areas to meet customer demand.
• Ensure Partners operate safely and legally.
• Fulfil online orders for drivers and Click & Collect.
• Manage stock replenishment and shelf presentation to optimise sales.
• Support checkout and wider team to handle on-demand orders and tasks.
• Suggest improvements to drive commercial performance and reduce waste.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized working environment.

Conocimientos

People leadership

Retail knowledge

Customer facing experience

Stakeholder management

Descripción del empleo

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Team Leader within one of our Waitrose shops, you'll help our difference be felt by our customers on every visit, providing the Partner-led service and passion for food that our competitors can't compete with - passionate Partners serving food lovers. Your drive to go the extra mile to help both customers and Partners will make all the difference to the impression our customers have about the Waitrose brand and keep them returning again and again by earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime. All the while helping to maximise on sales and profit. In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £3.75 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the shop's management team with managerial tasks and work with all other areas of the shop to meet customer demand.
• Ensuring Partners are operating in a safe and legal manner.
• Fulfilling online customer orders ready for our drivers to deliver their shopping direct to their doors.
• Stock replenishment - ensuring our shelves remain as full as possible and products are in the right place at the right time for our customers.
• Working with the wider shop team to support when needed including; checkout support, managing Click & Collect orders, fulfilling on-demand customer orders and more.
• Being proactive in helping to drive the commercial performance for the shop, offering ideas for continuous improvement to the operation.
• Reducing wastage by following product due diligence and markdowns to those reaching their sell by dates.
• Maintaining a safe and tidy working environment with general shopkeeping tasks.

Essential skills/experience you'll need

• Good people and leadership skills.
• Good understanding of retail and how to maximise commercial success.
• Experience of working in a customer facing role
• Good stakeholder management skills when working with third parties and the wider Partnership.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Duty Manager Training (Internal Partners only).

Job Details

Closing Date: October 22, 2026

Pay: £14.58 Hourly

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours of Work: 33 hours of part time work Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 21:00-06:00

Job Level: Partnership Level 10

Where You'll Be Working: Caversham (Waitrose & Partners), 51 Church Street, Caversham, Berkshire, RG4 8AY

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose. As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles. We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. At the John Lewis Partnership we’re not just employees; we’re co-owners, and that’s why we’re called Partners. Being a Partner means not only do we all collectively share the responsibilities of being the UK’s largest employee-owned business, but we also share in its rewards and successes. It’s this ownership model that makes the Partnership a very unique place to work.