Retail Assistant Manager

Farmfoods; Leicester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks holiday

15% staff discount

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Farmfoods is seeking a Retail Assistant Manager in Leicester to oversee daily shop operations on a 43-hour week. You will work with the shop manager to deliver excellent customer service, coach a team of retail assistants, and ensure smooth handling of deliveries, stock checks, and shop routines.

You will be responsible for developing your team, managing costs, and supporting recruitment and inductions. The role offers training and development opportunities within a family-run retail business.

Qualifications

• Friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• Able to build strong working relationships with colleagues and customers.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide great service.
• Develop your team of retail assistants through coaching, mentoring and feedback.
• Be accountable for the shop in the absence of the shop manager and ensure customers are looked after.
• Motivate and guide your team to control costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support recruitment and induction of new team members.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

People person

Trustworthy

Team leadership experience

Basic DBS check

Job description

Retail Assistant Manager - Full Time

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Aylestone, Leicester (postcode: LE2 8TB).

Location: Aylestone, Leicester (postcode: LE2 8TB).

Contract: Full time, 43 hours per week, 5 days per week.

Pay: £31,449 - £35,306 per annum.

Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more!

Pay & Benefits

• Salary offered for this position is between £31,449.60 - £35,306.88 per annum on a 43 hour contract.
• 30 days holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• Workplace pension.
• A staff benefits package which includes a virtual GP as well as discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to our customers.
• Be responsible for the development of your team of retail assistants through coaching, mentoring and providing feedback.
• Be accountable for the shop in the absence of the shop manager and responsible for ensuring that customers are looked after, deliveries are worked quickly and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Take responsibility for motivating and guiding your team to ensure the control of operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction of new team members.

Qualifications

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• To be a 'people person' who finds it easy to get on everyone and is able to build strong working relationships with the people you work with.
• To be trustworthy and reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your team and customers will depend upon you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.
• To complete a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check (Scotland) if hired for the advertised position which will be sent to you via email and confirm if you have any previous or unspent convictions. Your employment is subject to a satisfactory check.

Contract Information

Position: ASM, Hours: 43, Days: 5.

About Us

Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail.

We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family oriented goods. We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an 'old fashioned', genuine and friendly customer experience.

Our assistant managers are important members of the shop management team providing support to a small team of retail assistants and ensuring that their shops run smoothly and efficiently to provide great service to our customer.

There are many long‑term opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have some great training programmes in place and always look to promote to shop and area manager positions from within. Many people in senior management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.