Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager – Full Time

Position located in Hanley, Staffordshire. Permanent full‑time role working 43 hours a week, usually across 5 days including at least one weekend shift. The pay range for this contract is £31,449.60 – £32,648.16 per annum.

• 30 days holiday
• Great training and development opportunities
• 15% staff discount in over 300 shops
• Smart uniform and free life assurance
• Workplace pension
• Access to staff benefits package – virtual GP, discounted cinema, gym memberships, days out and travel

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to customers.
• Develop the retail assistant team through coaching, mentoring and feedback.
• Act as shop manager in absence, ensuring customers are looked after, deliveries processed quickly and shop routines maintained to keep a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Motivate and guide team to control operational costs (shrinkage, waste, payroll).
• Support recruitment and induction of new team members.

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• Good interpersonal skills – able to build strong working relationships.
• Trustworthy and reliable, dependable within a small team.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.
• Completion of a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check (Scotland) required.

There are many long‑term opportunities for a career ining programmes are available and promotions to shop and area manager positions from within are common. Senior management and central services positions often start from shop experience.

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail, delivering an old‑fashioned, genuine and friendly customer experience.