Store Manager

Co-Operative Energy Ltd; Stewartby, Bicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the retail sector is seeking a Store Manager to inspire their team and enhance customer experiences. The role involves accountability for store operations, leadership, and community engagement. The candidate will enjoy benefits like discounts and training opportunities.

Benefits

60% discount on childcare fees

20% discount on food shopping

Up to £500 off holidays

Financial wellbeing app (Wagestream)

Paid volunteering hours

Mental health support (GroceryAid)

Full training and accredited development programs

Qualifications

• Experience within retail management, preferably in a food store setting.
• Strong leadership experience and ability to inspire teams.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for store and team, ensuring a great customer experience.
• Provide excellent leadership to create a high-performance culture.
• Drive sales, memberships, and community engagement.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Focus

Communication

Organizational Skills

Job description

Our Store Managers are at the heart of keeping our stores thriving. They are known for putting customers first and for inspiring their store team to deliver a memorable shopping experience. You’ll not just be a store manager, but you will play an active part in engaging and building relationships with your community.

Some of your key responsibilities would be:

• to take overall accountability for your store and team, ensuring a great customer experience is being delivered and the highest standards are being adhered to
• to provide excellent leadership to your team to create a high-performance culture
• to be a positive role model to the team and advocate the co-op values
• to lead the team to drive sales, memberships and community engagement
• to drive people related activities such as training, development and performance, whilst still being hands on within the store when needed
• to be actively involved with social initiatives and volunteering hours to support your local community

You can find more details about Store Manager responsibilities in the attached Job Description document.

Your shift pattern may include some evenings and weekends, but we value your time outside of work and we’ll make sure your rota is available 4 weeks in advance – giving you peace of mind to be able to make the most of your days off.

We’ll review your application as soon as possible and if it matches with this role requirement, one of our friendly recruitment team will get in touch to chat and find out more about you. The next step of the process is to complete a telephone interview and attend a face-to-face interview with a District Manager where you can show us what you’re made of.

Who are we looking for?

You will need:

• Experience within retail management, preferably in a food store setting (required)
• Strong leadership experience and ability to inspire teams through leading by example (desirable)
• To be customer focused, in order to deliver effective and efficient store experiences
• Commercial and business acumen
• Natural ability to listen, interact and communicate with customers and team members
• To be self-assured, organised and able to multi-task

At Your Coop we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can bring their authentic selves to work, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, still click apply! You may just be the candidate we are looking for.

What can we offer you?

Joining us means you will be part of something amazing and it also means you will have access to great benefits including:

• 60% discount on your childcare fees
• Save 20% on your food shopping expenses.
• Get up to £500 off your next holiday.
• Benefit from Wagestream - our financial wellbeing app.
• Earn paid volunteering hours to give back to your community.
• Access GroceryAid for dedicated colleague mental health support.
• Engage in full training and accredited development programs.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to start your journey with us today! Apply now!