Store Manager

Musgrave; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus scheme

30 days holiday (incl. public holidays

Enhanced maternity pay

Paternity pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Share scheme (eligibility)

Job summary

Musgrave Group Plc is hiring a Store Manager in Belfast to oversee daily operations of a Musgrave-owned store. You will manage colleagues, assets and service quality while ensuring compliance with brand and legal standards.

The role requires flexibility for days, evenings and weekends and a track record in grocery leadership. The role involves setting shift patterns, achieving KPI targets, managing promotions, and controlling costs to maximise profitability.

Qualifications

• 2+ years recent experience in convenience store at Store Manager level.
• GCSE Maths and English, Grade C or above (or equivalent).
• Experience in stock control, people management, cost control, local marketing, HACCP, and security.
• Proven ability to manage a team and lead by example.

Responsibilities

• Achieve, improve and stretch KPIs.
• Maximise store sales through stock positioning and promotions with brand guidelines.
• Maximise gross margin via store layouts, range and own label participation.
• Plan and conduct quarterly stock takes.
• Set and control overhead costs including rostering and cost savings.
• Maintain high store standards in line with auditing standards.
• Ensure safety and legal compliance in food safety, health and safety.
• Recruit and engage staff with effective campaigns and fair employment practices.
• Lead and coach colleagues to unlock potential and drive engagement.

Skills

Stock control

People management

Cost control

Local marketing

HACCP implementation

Security

Team management

Microsoft Excel

Education

GCSE Maths & English (C or above)

Management/Supervisory qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job type (full time, 37.5 hours, permanent)

Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Our people are the heart of our business. As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive. We are now inviting applications for the position of (Store Manager/ Belfast).

The successful candidate must be flexible to work days, evenings and weekends.

This type of role will have an agreed shift pattern set within the store opening hours. Shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to discuss working hours and shift patterns in further detail at the interview. Candidates must be able to travel to the Store via car, public transport or other to fulfil shift requirements.

The role

To manage the daily operation of a company owned store or number of stores ensuring policies, procedures and brand are implemented effectively. This will include but is not limited to; managing colleagues and assets, ensuring legal compliance and excellent levels of service to our customers as well as maximisation of sales and net profit.

What you’ll be doing

Achieve, improve and work to stretch your agreed KPI targets.

Maximise store sales through stock positioning, managing and co-ordinating in-store and national promotions with a touch of flair, whilst ensuring full brand and range guideline adherence.

Maximise gross margin by active management of store layouts, range, and own label participation as per the company procedures.

Management, planning and organising of quarterly stock takes.

Set and control overhead costs including rostering, ensuring controllable costs are within agreed targets, and proactively work on cost savings.

To achieve and maintain consistently high overall store standards in line with auditing standards.

Keep, customers, colleagues and third parties safe by ensuring legal compliance in store through management of food safety, council and health and safety compliance.

Attract and retain talent through effective recruitment campaigns with the support of resourcing, ensuring fair employment compliance throughout all processes.

People management of your colleagues including but not limited to; maintaining a colleague base to agreed levels, company policy and procedure adherence, absence management, performance management and effective use of the company disciplinary and grievance procedures, as required.

Engagement and motivation of your colleagues, using effective communication, coaching and leadership to unlock their potential. Whilst ensuring action is taken to maintain and/or improve store annual engagement survey.

Work to achieve and maintain links with local communities and charity partners, keeping things local and at the heart of the community.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive salary and bonus scheme
• A competitive holiday package with 30 days per year (including public holidays, pro rata for part time)
• Enhanced maternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Paternity pay, eligibility applies.
• Employee Assist Programme
• Share scheme, eligibility applies.
• Discount Card for in marketplace or store shopping, you decide.
• Save for your future with our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development if you want to progress within the company.
• As well as extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.

What we’re looking for

• A min. of 2 years recent experience in convenience store at Store Manager level and or at least 2 years recent management experience in a supermarket environment at Store Manager level
• GCSE Maths and English, Grade C or above (or equivalent) and or further education in related discipline e.g. management/supervisory qualification
• Proven experience in the areas of stock control, people management, cost control, local marketing, HACCP implementation, and security
• Demonstrate managing a team
• Working knowledge of Microsoft excel packages.
• Post Office, off licence, forecourt experience
• Good knowledge of food safety practices

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer.
We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.