Team Leader at Iceland Foods

Iceland Foods; Strabane; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

28 days holiday

Christmas vouchers

Refer a Friend

Healthcare plan

Grocery Aid support

Job summary

Iceland Foods in Strabane, Northern Ireland, invites applications for a Team Leader to join our on-site store team. This full-time role focuses on leading shifts, driving sales, and delivering excellent customer service while following our One Best Way processes.

You will work alongside our team to maximise availability, develop staff, and ensure compliance with cash handling and security policies, with a £2 per hour supplement for time spent managing shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience in a retail management or supervisory role ideal but not essential.
• Communicates effectively with every colleague to deliver store tasks first time, every time.
• Plans and organises the shift, using every member of the team.
• Provides balanced feedback when needed to improve the performance of every colleague.

Responsibilities

• Maximise profit: Have a clear focus on delivering great availability for your customers. Drive sales and deliver on actions set by your line manager.
• Engage, develop & retain great people: Support and work with the Talking Shop Rep; foster inclusive culture and up-skilling.
• Follow cash handling and security policies; implement One Best Way processes; ensure service quality in-store and at the doorstep.
• Lead by example: Be approachable to customers, respectful to colleagues, enthusiastic as a team, and mindful of waste and business needs.

Job description

Apply for Team Leader at Iceland Foods in Strabane, NIR, GB.

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

As one of the Best Big Companies to Work For, we have a rich history of loving our customers and looking after our teams. We understand that success is achieved through our people, and we are searching for a committed and passionate Team Leader to join our growing business.

As Team Leader you will work as a Retail Assistant and receive a £2 per hour supplement for the time that you manage shifts.

Key responsibilities

• Maximise profit: Have a clear focus on delivering great availability for your customers. Play an active role in your store to “sell a £1 & save a £1” to help drive sales. Deliver on all agreed actions set for you by your line manager.
• Engage, develop & retain great people: Proactively support and work with the Talking Shop Rep in your store. Support team engagement in your store. Play a part in creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be their best. Take a proactive approach to personal development and share your own knowledge to support up‑skilling the team.
• Doing the right processes and doing them right: Complete any actions set for you by your line manager on the back of the daily floor walk focusing on what the customer sees. A positive approach to service, both in store and at the doorstep always aiming to be the best place to shop. Follow and implement all cash handling and security policies & processes. Play your part in providing the best digital service through implementing all “One Best Way” processes.
• Leadership: Your leadership approach should be at the heart of everything you do, to get the best from your team to give the best to our customers: Love your customers by being approachable. Look after our own by being respectful. Work together by being enthusiastic. Hate waste by taking action. Care about the business and our people by being considerate.

Required skills & experience

• Experience in a retail management or supervisory role ideal but not essential.
• Communicates effectively with every colleague to deliver store tasks first time, every time.
• Plans and organises the shift, using every member of the team.
• Provides balanced feedback when needed to improve the performance of every colleague.
• Sets the pace of the team, when on shift, by being hands on to deliver a great store.

What We Offer

• 15% discount in all Iceland and The Food Warehouse stores.
• 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays).
• Christmas vouchers – increasing with length of service.
• Refer a Friend scheme.
• Christmas saving schemes.
• Long service awards.
• Option to join a healthcare plan.
• Grocery Aid for free and confidential financial, emotional and practical support.
• Clear career pathways with opportunities for development and progression.
• A supportive and inclusive work environment.