Shift Lead

B&Q Limited; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

ShareSave options

6.6 weeks holiday

Payroll giving

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Colleague wellbeing benefits

Job summary

B&Q Hermiston Gait in Edinburgh is seeking a Shift Lead to oversee a shift, ensuring a safe shopping environment and delivering an excellent customer experience. You’ll manage first-line operations, deploy colleagues, and be the go-to contact for customers and staff during your shift.

This full-time role runs from early to late, with a 36.75-hour week and a salary of £27,709.50 per annum plus a Pension and 6.6 weeks holiday, at B&Q Hermiston Gait.

Qualifications

• Customer-focused and doing the right thing for customers.
• Able to see the wider store view and adapt beyond narrow areas.
• Safety-conscious with attention to compliance.
• Enjoys interacting with colleagues and working in a team.
• Brings energy to each day and motivates others.
• Confident to make decisions for the customer at pace.

Responsibilities

• Be the heartbeat of the store day-to-day and ensure operations are running smoothly.
• Ensure colleagues are deployed correctly to maximise customer service during your shift.
• Be the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Ensure store safety is maintained at all times.

Skills

Customer focus

Team leadership

Safety consciousness

Autonomy

Energetic

Customer service orientation

Job description

Overview

Shift Lead

Full time - 36.75 Hours per week

Permanent Contract

Full-time equivalent £27,709.50 per annum + Pension + 6.6 Weeks Holiday

B&Q Hermiston Gait

This is a keyholder position, with shifts ranging from an earliest start time of 6am to a latest finish time of 10pm

Every day, we give our millions of customers theideas, advice, tools and confidence they need to create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Shift Lead and you’ll be a big part of this.

What's the job?

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

• Award-winning pension scheme
• ShareSave options
• 6.6 weeks holiday
• Payroll giving
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping discounts
• Colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more