Team Leader

POUNDLAND LIMITED; Compton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Birthday day off

28 days holiday (plus banks)

Wellbeing resources

Staff Shop discounts

Early wage access

Training and development opportunities

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Poundland is hiring a Team Leader to support the Store and Assistant Manager in delivering a superb shopping experience. You’ll lead the team on the shop floor and warehouse, manage deliveries, and maintain high standards across retail operations.

The role requires retail experience and a proactive, energetic approach; leadership experience is a bonus. Poundland offers development opportunities and a supportive environment to grow your retail career.

Qualifications

• Retail experience required.
• Leadership experience is a bonus but not essential.
• Energy, organisation and customer service passion essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team on the shop floor to deliver a fantastic shopping experience.
• Support the Store and Assistant Manager to run daily operations.
• Manage deliveries and merchandising to keep standards high.
• Motivate and develop colleagues to perform their best.
• Support store performance and ensure efficient day-to-day operations.

Job description

About The Role

Join us here at Poundland as a Team Leader and you’ll play a key role in supporting the Store and Assistant Manager to lead the team and deliver a fantastic shopping experience for our customers every day.

You’ll help create a friendly, welcoming store where customers receive great service and colleagues feel supported on the shop floor to do their best work. From managing deliveries and merchandising, to supporting daily operations you’ll keep standards high on the shop floor and in the warehouse, you’ll be right at the heart of the action.

Working in a fast-paced retail environment, you’ll motivate the team, support store performance, and help ensure everything runs efficiently day to day.

A positive, proactive approach and strong teamwork skills are essential. You’ll be confident leading by example, supporting your colleagues to develop, and keeping the team focused on delivering great results. Retail experience is needed and some leadership experience would be a bonus but not essential, but most importantly we’re looking for someone with energy, organisation, and a passion for people and customer service. We’ll help you build on your skills with training and development opportunities to support your career with us.

We offer rewards that go beyond the payslip, including:

• 10% employee discount card with increased discount events over the year.
• Celebrate your birthday, you’ll get an extra day off for your birthday.
• 28 days holiday a year inc banks, rising by one day a year up to 33 days.
• We put wellbeing first through our partnership with Retail Trust which gives you and your family access to a fantastic range of resources.
• My Staff Shop, giving you an amazing number of discounts and shopping vouchers.
• For those unexpected moments, our partnership with a financial wellbeing platform enables you to access up to 50% of your monthly earned wages early, along with savings and financial advice.
• Training and development opportunities, we want you to grow your career with us, be that through one of the qualifications we offer or internal programmes, Team Leader can be just the first step.
• Plus, life assurance, loyalty service awards and people’s pension.

Bring your leadership, energy, and positive approach — and we’ll help you build your retail career with Poundland, with opportunities to progress into Assistant Store Manager roles and beyond.

We’re committed and proud to our inclusive culture, and that starts with the recruitment and selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please do share this with us on your application form and we’ll make every effort to meet your needs.