Store Manager - Stockwood, Bristol

Co-op; Bristol; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer seeks a Store Manager in Bristol to guide commercial strategies and support community initiatives. This role involves empowering teams for excellent customer service, managing store performance, and ensuring a safe environment. Candidates should have resilience and problem-solving skills. The position offers a competitive salary plus benefits, including an annual bonus and generous holiday allowance. The retailer values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

30% discount on Co-op branded products

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Cycle to work scheme

Career coaching and training

Qualifications

• Demonstrated resilience and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to analyse commercial information effectively.
• Willingness to support the team with store activities.

Responsibilities

• Empower the team to deliver great customer service.
• Build an inclusive culture for sharing views.
• Manage store performance and recruitment.

Skills

Resilience

Problem-solving skills

Ability to understand commercial information

Job description

Store Manager - Bristol

Location: Stockwood, Bristol

Salary: £33,500 - £37,000 per annum plus great benefits

Contract: Permanent

We’re looking for a skilled Store Manager to join our retail team. This full‑time Store Manager 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, helping them to 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

• 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 the delivery of store activities

Benefits

• Competitive salary and great benefits package which includes an annual bonus (based on personal and business performance) and a generous holiday allowance of 36 days including bank holidays (rising with service)
• Colleague member discount with 30% off Co‑op branded products and 10% off other brands available in-store
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Stream app – giving access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Cycle to work scheme and 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 also 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.