Store Manager

Home Bargains; Bradford; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave (plus 5 years)

Pension scheme

Store discount 10%

Death in Service

Long service recognition

Flexible pay options

Training programmes

Employee assistance programme

HB colleague benefits platform

Job summary

Home Bargains is seeking an experienced Store Leader to drive a high-performing team and deliver exceptional customer service in a fast-paced retail environment. You will coach staff, manage promotions, and work with management to hit ambitious weekly sales targets while maintaining store standards.

The role emphasizes recruitment, talent development, and succession planning to build a capable team with long-term potential, alongside a strong focus on health & safety and loss prevention.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing large retail teams in a fast-paced, high-volume retail or hospitality environment.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing team to consistently achieve and exceed significantly high weekly sales targets.
• Strong leadership skills with experience coaching and supporting management teams to maintain exceptional store standards, compliance, and accountability.
• Proven track record in recruitment, talent development, and succession planning to build a strong and capable store team with long-term potential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire your team to hit goals and deliver a customer experience that keeps people coming back.
• Work closely with Area Manager and management team to meet sales targets and run a profitable store.
• Lead by example to deliver excellent service in every interaction.
• Mentor and motivate staff, spotting talent and enabling growth.
• Plan ahead and review performance to keep the store ahead of targets and maintain a welcoming environment.

Skills

Store leadership

Team coaching

Performance management

Recruitment

Succession planning

Customer focus

Commercial acumen

Operational excellence

Health and safety

Promotional execution

Job description

• Lead and inspire your team: You're the driving force behind a high-performing store team, coaching and supporting your colleagues to hit their goals and deliver a customer experience that keeps people coming back.
• Fuel the store's success every day: From sales targets to store presentation and promotions, you work closely with your Area Manager and management team to make smart decisions that keep everything running smoothly and profitably.
• Put customers first, always: You lead by example, making sure your team knows exactly what great service looks like and how to deliver it - every interaction, every day.
• Develop your people: You're a mentor and motivator, spotting talent, supporting growth, and making sure everyone is ready to step up and shine.
• Stay ahead of the game: Whether it's solving problems quickly, reviewing performance, or planning ahead, you keep your store one step ahead to deliver strong results and a welcoming environment.
• Extensive experience managing large retail teams in a fast-paced, high-volume retail or hospitality environment
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing team to consistently achieve and exceed significantly high weekly sales targets
• Advanced experience managing a broad range of retail categories, with strong commercial awareness to drive sales and profitability
• Demonstrated expertise in setting, monitoring, and delivering on ambitious store performance and development goals in partnership with senior management
• Strong leadership skills with experience coaching and supporting management teams to maintain exceptional store standards, compliance, and accountability
• Proven track record in recruitment, talent development, and succession planning to build a strong and capable store team with long-term potential
• Clear commitment to developing people, fostering leadership capability, and building a culture of high performance
• Strong understanding of how to interpret and lead company strategy at store level to deliver measurable commercial and operational results
• Exceptional customer focus with the ability to embed and sustain a culture of outstanding service throughout the store
• Comprehensive knowledge of operational best practices, including health and safety, merchandising excellence, promotional execution, and loss prevention
• Highly organised and able to prioritise competing demands, delegate effectively, and ensure operational excellence in a high-demand retail setting
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to inspire teams, manage performance, and drive continuous improvement
• Strong commercial acumen, able to analyse sales data, identify growth opportunities, and implement profit-driving initiatives across the store
• Confident and proactive problem-solver, capable of addressing complex operational challenges with effective and innovative solutions
• Experience conducting performance reviews, succession discussions, and partnering with Area Managers to align store objectives with wider business goals
• Ability to provide strategic input and feedback to improve store operations, team effectiveness, and cross-functional ways of working

Package Description

Salary & Hours

• £49,359 FTE
• 44 hours per week

Employee Benefits

• Full-time employees receive 28 days of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing to 33 days after 5 years of service. Annual leave is pro-rated for part-time or alternative working arrangements.
• Contributable company pension scheme
• 10% store discount at all our retail stores
• Death in Service Benefit
• Long service recognition scheme
• Stream - Access to flexible pay, financial wellbeing support, exclusive discounts, savings opportunities and much more
• Access to our in-house training programmes delivered face-to-face and through our online learning platforms
• MyHB colleague benefits platform with access to:
• Discounts UK wide on retail, leisure, hospitality venues
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line
• Low cost voluntary insured health cash plans and cancer cover