Customer Assistant, Team Leader

About the role

As a Team Leader within one of our John Lewis shops, you are integral to delivering the unique John Lewis difference. You will lead Partners in providing the distinctive service and passion for products that our competitors cannot match. Your commitment to going the extra mile for both customers and Partners is vital, shaping the customer impression of the John Lewis brand, cultivating lifelong trust and loyalty, and maximizing sales and profit.

• Driving a great customer experience by ensuring that every customer has a positive interaction with a Partner on their visit.
• Ensuring all operational tasks are completed with a "heads-up" approach, guaranteeing that Partners always look out for customers and their needs.
• Effective utilisation of the systems, tools, and resources to deploy labour resources to match customer and operational requirements.
• Championing our key differentiators by ensuring Partners actively share their knowledge with each other and our customers.
• Inspiring, encouraging, and guiding Partners, clearly communicating expectations and building robust relationships based on honesty and respect.
• Driving the delivery of excellent in‑store standards, including efficient recovery, visual merchandising, shop cleanliness, accurate ticketing, and product availability.
• Supporting the shop's leadership team with operational tasks and collaborating with all shop areas to effectively meet dynamic customer demand.
• Ensuring all Partners operate in a safe and legal manner.

Full‑time:
Working 37.5 hours per week over 5 days, including early starts, late finishes, and weekends.

• Evidence of consistently delivering amazing customer service personally.
• Demonstrable people and leadership skills.
• Experience working in a customer‑facing environment.
• A strong understanding of retail and how to maximize commercial success.
• Effective stakeholder management skills when working with third parties and the wider John Lewis Partnership.

• Duty Manager Training (Internal Partners only).