Store Manager - Convenience

Sainsbury’s Group; Leicester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Interest free car loan up to £10,000

Annual bonus scheme

Discount card – 10% off at Sainsbury's

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension - company matching 4-7.5%

Sainsbury's share scheme

Wellbeing support

Colleague networks

Cycle to Work scheme

Gym membership offers

Job summary

Sainsbury’s Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an accomplished Convenience Store Manager to lead operations with energy and a customer-first mindset. You will drive service standards, team performance and commercial outcomes, while ensuring safety, compliance and value for customers.

As a hands-on leader, you’ll plan for trading activity up to six months ahead, coach managers and colleagues, manage HR issues with care, and use data to improve the store's customer journey and KPIs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading store operations and teams to deliver customer and financial outcomes.
• Strong leadership with ability to motivate and develop colleagues.
• Experience handling employee relations and HR policy interpretation.
• Proven ability to use data and insights to improve store performance.
• Comfortable managing ER cases including dismissals.

Responsibilities

• Lead store operations with a hands-on leadership style, ensuring safety, service and availability.
• Plan and prepare for trading activity 6 months ahead, balancing commercial needs and compliance.
• Drive customer experience improvements and KPI performance across the store.
• Manage shifts with Customer and Trading Managers and oversee staff wellbeing.

Skills

People leadership

Customer focus

Data-driven decisions

HR policy navigation

Change management

Operational excellence

Job description

Our management teams don't just run stores - they're the driving force behind our business. With bold leadership, a passion for service and an eye for opportunity, they empower teams to raise the bar every single day for our customers. Whether it's product availability, safety standards, or delivering seamless daily operations, they're hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up changemakers. And the impact? Work becomes more rewarding for our colleagues, and shopping becomes a next-level experience for every customer who walks through our doors. This is how we bring our purpose to life, one powerful action at a time. What you'll be doing: Our Convenience Store Managers have full control over their shop. They're accountable leaders who ensure we deliver on our purpose to make good food, joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, every day. Their team of Customer and Trading Managers run the shifts, and they plan and prepare for upcoming trading activity being commercially minded and anticipating issues from today to 6 months from now, making sure everything is safe and legal. Retail's ever evolving with new business initiatives and change programmes and there are always difficult decisions to be made.

• Our best Store Managers do everything, everyday for our customers. Ensuring they deliver brilliant customer experiences and are constantly striving to improve the customer journey.
• Has experience leading an operation with accountabilities for delivering customer, financial and organisational outcomes.
• A leader who role models excellent service and business values through teams of managers and colleagues.
• Uses data and insight to inform planning, improve performance or customer experience and/or KPI's.
• Experience managing ER cases including dismissals, confident in understanding and interpreting HR policies.
• Can lead change, delivering engagement on purpose whilst managing team wellbeing.
  Our best store managers do everything, every day for our customers. You'll show how you deliver brilliant customer experiences and have improved customer journeys.
• You've managed a fast-paced operation, delivering results across service, sales, and team performance.
• You use insight to make smart decisions that improve store performance and customer experience.
• You're confident navigating employee relations, including dismissals, and apply HR policies with consistency and care.
• You've developed and supported leadership capability within your team, helping others step up and succeed.
• You know how to lead through change - keeping your team motivated and focused.
• You're confident navigating employee relations, including dismissals, and apply HR policies with consistency and care.
• You've developed and supported leadership capability within your team, helping others step up and succeed.
• You're confident navigating employee relations, including dismissals, and apply HR policies with consistency and care.
• You're confident navigating employee relations, including dismissals, and apply HR policies with consistency and care.
  Salary will be dependent upon your experience as well as the store size, complexity and location. Alongside this, we also offer a great range of benefits for our managers, including:
• 5S ONLY Private Healthcare - Eligible for single cover and to upgrade annually to family cover.
• 5S ONLY Interest free car loan of up to £10,000.
• An annual bonus scheme based on our, and your, performance.
• Discount card - 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday.
• Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension - we'll match 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
• Sainsbury's share scheme - build up an investment at discounted prices.
• Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.
• Colleague networks - link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential.
• Cycle to Work scheme - hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI.
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.

An inclusive place to work and shop: We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us. To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face. We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here.