Team Manager Cambridgeshire/Bedfordshire

John Lewis Partnership; St. Ives; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

John Lewis Partnership seeks a Team Manager for Waitrose in St. Ives, responsible for leading a team to deliver exceptional customer service while maximizing sales. This permanent role includes managing operations and enhancing the customer experience. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership, communication, and retail skills, with a commitment to fostering a supportive work culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team in a customer-focused environment is essential.
• Demonstrated passion for retail and ability to support team responses to change.
• Advanced communication and people management skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the store.
• Maximise sales and ensure high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Engage and manage team members effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Communication

Resilience

Commercial Skills

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Team Manager in one of our Waitrose shops, you'll influence and motivate your team and be a positive role model for delivering outstanding Partner-led, customer service that is distinctively Waitrose, passionate Partners serving food lovers.

Your strong leadership and team working skills will make all the difference to your team and, ultimately, the impression our customers have about the Waitrose brand. Keeping them returning again and again by earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime, whilst helping to maximise sales and profit.

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Contract type - Permanent, the successful candidate may have the opportunity to start their journey with us training in the Bedfordshire/Cambridgeshire area before taking up permanent appointment. These branches include; St Ives, St Neots, Oakgrove, Peterborough, Stamford and Bedford.

Key Responsibilities

It's fast paced and at times you'll oversee the entire day-to-day operation of the shop.

- Using your commercial skills to maximise sales and profit while minimising wastage.

- Ensuring consistently high levels of availability and merchandising as well as delivering an efficient, legal, and secure store operation.

- Improving and maintaining customer satisfaction.

- Using your people skills to manage your team, from leading and inspiring to people related tasks like organising holidays and managing absences.

- Create a supportive culture of care, belonging, pace and productivity.

- Engage and lead partners in delivering and embedding change consistently and effectively within your shop.


Essential skills/experience you'll need

- Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced, customer focused environment.

- People Management skills.

- Able to demonstrate an innate passion for and understanding of retail.

- Resilience to support and plan your team’s response to change.

- Ability to influence stakeholders.

- Advanced communication skills.


Desirable skills/experience you may have

- Experience of supporting with the Disciplinary and Grievance process.

- Regulatory Compliance Management.

- Personal Licence Holder.

- Food Hygiene Level 3.

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Closing Date:

June 12, 2025

Pay:

£30,500.00 - £42,500.00 Annual

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours of Work:

Full Time, 37.5 Hours, to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and alternate weekends.

Job Level:

Partnership Level 8

Where You'll Be Working:

St Ives (Waitrose & Partners), Station Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5BW

ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

About the company

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