Shift Lead

B&Q; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer in Basingstoke is seeking a Shift Lead to oversee store operations and ensure a safe and pleasant shopping environment. The successful candidate will be passionate about customer service, able to manage teams effectively, and foster a vibrant team culture. This position offers competitive pay and valuable benefits, including wellness programs and support for diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

ShareSave options

Payroll giving

Employee Assistance Programme

Colleague wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Passionate about customers and doing the right thing for them.
• Enjoy interacting with colleagues and working in a team.
• Confident to make decisions for the customer at pace.

Responsibilities

• Oversee shifts to ensure smooth store operations.
• Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Ensure store safety at all times.

Skills

Customer-oriented

Teamwork

Safety conscious

Energetic

Decision making

Job description

Your role as a Shift Lead is pivotal in ensuring a safe working and shopping environment. You’re the person who will oversee your shift to cultivate a great experience for both colleagues and customers daily. It’s B&Q’s ambition to make every customer count, so you’ll strive to ensure B&Q is a place colleagues love to work, and customers love to shop. In this role you will:

• Be the heartbeat of the store day-to-day and ensure operations are running smoothly.
• Make sure colleagues are deployed correctly to ‘make every customer count’ throughout your shift.
• Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Make sure our stores are safe at all times.

What we need:

Our shift leads are key to running our business through their teams. In this role, we’re looking for the following qualities:

• Passionate about customers and doing the right thing for them.
• Like to have a global view and not be constrained to specific areas of the store.
• Safety conscious and use an eye for detail to spot compliance opportunities.
• Enjoy interacting with colleagues and working in a team.
• Like to bring energy to each day and motivate those around you.
• Confident to have autonomy and trust to make decisions for the customer at pace.

What's in it for me?

As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes

• ShareSave options
• Payroll giving
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more

So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact for any recruitment adjustments.