Store Manager

McCarthy Recruitment Ltd; Enfield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Recruitment Ltd is helping a large retailer recruit a Store Manager for a high-volume operation in North London. You will lead a substantial team, drive customer experience, and manage performance to deliver safety, availability and operational excellence.

The role offers autonomy, progression, and a salary up to £70,000 with a typical day pattern and minimal late-night trading. If you have led big teams, thrived in fast-paced environments and want to advance your retail career, we want

Qualifications

• Experience leading large teams and driving performance.
• Strong ability to develop future leaders.
• Proven track record in high-volume operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a substantial team and ensure smooth day-to-day operation.
• Drive standards, customer service, and performance.
• Plan resources and maintain stock availability.

Job description

Job Title: Store Manager

Location: North London

Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum

Role: Permanent - Full Time

Want to Leave Retail Without Losing the Scale?

If you're currently running a large store, leading big teams and dealing with the pressures of retail, but you're tired of late nights, endless head office interference and limited progression opportunities, this could be exactly what you've been looking for.

We're recruiting a Store Manager into a high-volume operation that combines the pace and complexity of retail with the autonomy and progression opportunities that are becoming increasingly difficult to find on the high street.

You'll still be leading large teams.

You'll still be driving standards.

You'll still be managing performance, availability, customer experience and operational excellence.

What you won't be doing is worrying about late-night trading, seasonal retail peaks or endless layers of corporate bureaucracy.

This is an opportunity to take responsibility for a substantial operation generating around £30m in annual revenue, leading a team of approximately 50-60 colleagues through supervisors and managers.

The business is far more interested in your ability to lead people, drive standards and manage performance than whether you've worked in the sector before.

Why Consider It?

• Up to £70,000 basic salary
• No late-night trading
• Typically 7am-4pm or 8am-5pm
• One weekend in three, with plans to move towards one in four
• Genuine autonomy and decision-making authority
• Large team leadership responsibility
• Significant operational scale
• Clear progression opportunities for ambitious leaders
• Opportunity to move away from traditional retail without losing pace or complexity

The Role

This role is centred around operational leadership.

You'll be responsible for leading a substantial team and ensuring the operation runs safely, efficiently and effectively on a day-to-day basis.

Key focus areas include:

• Leadership, coaching and development of supervisors and managers
• Driving operational standards and accountability
• Managing performance and developing future leaders
• Ensuring excellent customer service and customer flow
• Resource planning and deployment
• Stock availability and operational execution
• Health & Safety leadership
• Identifying and removing operational bottlenecks
• Building a high-performance culture
• Maintaining standards across a fast-paced operation

Ideal Candidate

We'd love to hear from you if you currently work as:

• Store Manager
• Deputy Store Manager
• Assistant Store Manager
• Area Manager
• Operations Manager
• Distribution Manager
• Warehouse Operations Manager
• General Manager
• Branch Manager

Experience could come from:

• Tesco
• Sainsbury's
• Lidl
• Aldi
• M&S
• Morrisons
• Asda
• B&M
• Home Bargains
• Costco
• Booker
• Bestway
• Wholesale
• Distribution
• Logistics
• Builders Merchants

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who:

• Has led large teams
• Can manage performance effectively
• Develops people and future leaders
• Thrives in fast-paced environments
• Maintains high standards
• Can lead through managers and supervisors
• Wants to continue progressing their career

Commutable Locations

Barnet, Enfield, Cheshunt, Potters Bar, Borehamwood, Watford, Finchley, Hertford, Hatfield, Waltham Cross, Welwyn Garden City, North London and surrounding areas.

If you're looking for a role that offers the scale and challenge of retail leadership without many of the frustrations that come with traditional retail, we'd love to hear from you.

ABOUT US

This role is being handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award-winning talent consultancy, commitment to providing a professional and personalised recruitment service. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying for this role, you are explicitly consenting to McCarthy Recruitment to retaining and processing your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. Your details will be added to our holding database. We process certain personal information for legitimate business interests to identify and contact suitable candidates about positions that may be relevant to them. Privacy policy at www.mccarthyrecruitment.com/privacy to exercise your right to access, erase or restrict processing of your data, contact us.