Store Manager - Brighton

Co-op; Brighton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail co-operative in Brighton is seeking a skilled Store Manager to guide community strategies and empower a retail team. This full-time position offers a competitive salary, a generous benefits package, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive environment. Candidates should possess strong problem-solving skills and previous experience in a service-focused role.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

Generous holiday allowance of 36 days

30% off Co-op branded products

Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Wagestream app access

Cycle to work scheme

Coaching and training for career development

Qualifications

• Experience guiding and developing a team in a busy, service-focused environment.
• Ability to coach, motivate, and inspire your team.

Responsibilities

• Empower team to deliver great service and promote Co-op difference.
• Develop inclusive culture where everyone shares their views.
• Manage store’s commercial performance and HR processes.

Skills

Resilience and problem-solving skills

Understanding and analysing commercial information

Good communication skills

Job description

Store Manager – Brighton

Location: Patcham - Old London Road, Brighton

Salary: £34,650 - £38,500 per annum plus great benefits

Contract: Permanent

We’re looking for a skilled Store Manager to join our retail team. This full-time role comes with a competitive salary and brilliant benefits package.

As a Store Manager, you’ll help to deliver the store purpose by guiding the commercial and community strategies in your store. You’ll also lead your team and show them how to make shopping at Co‑op a fantastic experience. You’ll help them grow and learn so they can show our customers, colleagues and members the difference Co‑op brings to local communities.

Responsibilities

• Empower your team to deliver great service, personally promoting the Co‑op difference to customers and members
• Build an inclusive culture where everyone can speak up and share their views
• Develop your team through regular performance conversations to help them reach their potential
• Make sure the store is safe, legal and operational
• Manage and optimise your store’s commercial performance, recruit new team members and manage HR processes

Qualifications & Experience

• Resilience and great problem solving skills
• The ability to understand and analyse commercial information
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and support the team with delivery of store activities

You’ll need experience of guiding and developing a team and working in a busy, service‑focused environment. Good communication skills are essential. You should be able to coach, motivate and inspire your team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus based on personal and business performance
• Generous holiday allowance of 36 days including bank holidays (rising with service)
• Colleague member discount: 30% off Co‑op branded products and 10% off other brands available in‑store
• Pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Wagestream app – access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Cycle to work scheme
• Coaching and training to support your career development

At Co‑op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co‑operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co‑op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We’re also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we’ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We’ll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process. You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing.

As part of the application process for this job, you’ll need to complete two online assessments. It will take around 20 minutes to complete these tests.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.