Retail Supervisor - Full Time

Farmfoods; Accrington; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned retail chain in Accrington is looking for a Supervisor to support management by ensuring excellent customer service and efficient shop operations. Responsibilities include team leadership, cash handling, and maintaining operational costs. Candidates should have retail experience and strong interpersonal skills. The role offers a competitive hourly rate with additional benefits, including training opportunities and staff discounts.

Benefits

30 days holiday each year

15% staff discount

Training and development opportunities

Free life assurance

Workplace pension

Staff benefits package with virtual GP

Qualifications

• Experience as a supervisor, team leader, or manager in retail or similar industries is beneficial.
• Friendly, positive approach to work.
• Ability to build strong working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Run the shop in the manager's absence.
• Handle cash and manage shop opening and closing.
• Control operational costs including waste and payroll.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Operational cost control

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Be an important part of the management team and support the manager in leading the team to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to our customers.

Responsibilities include:

• Taking full responsibility for running the shop in your manager's absence, ensuring that customers are looked after, deliveries are worked quickly and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Opening and closing the shop, handling cash, placing orders and developing your team of retail assistants.
• Taking responsibility for the control of operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hard working approach to work.
• To be a 'people person' who finds it easy to get on with 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.
• Some experience as a supervisor, team leader or manager in retail or other similar industries would be beneficial.

More than just a job

If you decide to stick around, there are many long-term opportunities for a career at Farmfoods. We have some great training programmes and always look to promote to Shop and Area Manager positions from within.

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 offer an hourly pay rate of £13.11 and you will be guaranteed a minimum of 39 hours work per week. This means you will be earning at least £511 per week and if you're looking to earn a bit more, then overtime may be available.

In addition to your pay, you will also benefit from:

• 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.