Shift Lead

Kingfisher; Newbury; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer in Newbury is seeking a Shift Lead to oversee store operations. The role involves ensuring a safe environment, managing team deployment, and being the primary point of contact for both colleagues and customers. Ideal candidates are safety conscious, customer-focused, and possess strong supervisory skills. This position offers competitive compensation and a variety of benefits including a pension scheme, holidays, and employee assistance programs.

Benefits

Award-winning pension scheme

ShareSave options

6.6 weeks holiday

Payroll giving

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Colleague wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee your shift to ensure smooth operations.
• Deploy colleagues effectively to meet customer needs.
• Act as the first point of contact for customers and colleagues.
• Ensure stores are safe at all times.

Skills

Quality Analysis

Facility

ISO

Inventory Levels

Root cause Analysis

Shift operations

General Maintenance

Daily Operations

Supervision

Analysis

PLC

Safety Standards

Quality Standards

Time management skills

Troubleshooting

Job description

Overview

Full Time Part Time or Job Share

Permanent Contract - 18.5 to 36.75 Hours per week

Full-time equivalent 28662.06 per annum (Inclusive of 0.54 per hour store specific location allowance)

B&Q Newbury

Every day we give our millions of customers the ideas 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.

Whats 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 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 this role were 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.

Whats in it for me

As part of a great team you'll be valued for who you 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

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

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Key Skills

Quality Analysis, Facility, ISO, Inventory Levels, Root cause Analysis, Shift operations, General Maintenance, Daily Operations, Supervision, Analysis, PLC, Safety Standards, Quality Standards, Time management skills, Troubleshooting

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1