Trading Support Manager - Argos

TN United Kingdom; Farnham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company seeks an Argos Shift Manager to oversee store operations, inspire teams, and ensure excellent customer service. The role includes coaching staff, managing shifts, and driving sales while offering a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

10% discount card

Free food and hot drinks

Generous holiday entitlement

Pension matching

Wellbeing support

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in organizing and running a fast-paced operation.
• Ability to direct a team and provide coaching.

Responsibilities

• Manage shifts and motivate teams in Argos stores.
• Ensure store operations run smoothly in absence of Store Manager.

Skills

Leadership

Commercial Awareness

Coaching

Growth Mindset

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Posted:

17.05.2025

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01.07.2025

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About the role:

Argos Shift Managers are responsible for managing shifts within our Argos stores, inspiring and motivating teams and being the go – to people for on-the-job support. They coach colleagues in store to ensure everyone can deliver brilliantly for our customers whilst also working alongside the team. Often, they’ll get to lead the full store operation in the absence of the Store Manager, ensuring the resource is allocated to deliver day to day tasks such as organizing the warehouse, taking deliveries and serving our customers. They’re experts in our products and services focusing on driving sales and profitability.

What makes a brilliant Argos Shift Manager:

Has experience of organising, running, and planning for, a fast-paced operation.

Is comfortable directing a team, providing day to day coaching and on the spot guidance to support the delivery of brilliant experiences for both colleagues and customers.

Support the Store Manager in ensuring the store is safe and compliant.

Demonstrates strong commercial awareness such as having product knowledge. An Argos Shift Manager should use this commercial awareness to really understand our customers to drive sales.

Can work towards and deliver KPIs with the aim of driving profitability for the store

Has a growth mindset, continuously develops and helps others to grow.

What we offer:

We truly value our colleagues and provide a market-leading benefits package:

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 and 15% off at Argos every pay day.

Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.

Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.

Pension – we’ll match 4% of your contributions and if you change your pension plan, you may receive more from us.

Sainsbury’s share scheme – build up an investment at discounted rates

Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice

Colleague networks – link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential.

Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI.

Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.

Managing in our stores:

Our management teams are at the heart of operations in store. They lead by example – inspiring and motivating our teams to give their best for every customer every day. From product availability and health and safety, to running the day-to-day operation, there’s no part of the in-store experience they don’t get to influence and improve. And what they do makes work better for our colleagues and shopping better for our customers.

Working for us has great rewards

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:

Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after fourweeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.

Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.

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 rates.

Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.

Colleague networks – link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential.

Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to 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 committed to being a fully inclusive retailer where everyone feels welcome, where our customers love to shop, and our colleagues love to work. With this in mind whilst working for us we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave, support for carers, and resources to help you understand and support your team. We also have internal colleague networks to make sure we have true representation for everyone these help us highlight barriers that our colleagues may face so we can focus on removing these. If you want to know more about our commitments to being a truly inclusive retailer you can take a look .

If you need any adjustments during the application or interview stages, let us know, and we’ll do our best to support you.