Assistant Manager

Overview

Assistant Manager – Full Time.

Hours:

43 hours across 5 days per week. Pay: £30,240 - £31,392 per annum. Benefits include 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more.

Location:

Musselburgh, East Lothian. We offer a permanent full time position with shifts usually including at least one weekend shift. For full time positions, you may be required to be fully flexible in your availability, including weekends.

Pay & benefits:

• Salary: £30,240.00 – £31,392.52 per annum on a 43 hour contract.
• 30 days holiday each year.
• Great training and development opportunities.
• 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a range of food and household essentials.
• Smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• Workplace pension.
• Staff benefits package including virtual GP and discounted services such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

As one of our assistant managers you will:

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to customers.
• Be responsible for the development of your team of retail assistants through coaching, mentoring and providing feedback.
• Be accountable for the shop in the absence of the shop manager and ensure customers are looked after, deliveries are processed quickly, and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Take responsibility for motivating and guiding your team to control operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction of new team members.

You will need:

• A friendly, positive, hardworking approach to work.
• To be a ‘people person’ who finds it easy to get on with everyone and can build strong working relationships with colleagues.
• To be trustworthy and reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your team and customers will depend on you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.

More than just a job:

There are many long-term opportunities for a career  have training programmes in place and often promote to shop and area manager positions from within. Many people in senior management and central services positions started their careers in our shops.

A bit about us:

Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We offer customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with a friendly team in retail, focusing on delivering an authentic and friendly customer experience.

Our assistant managers are important members of the shop management team, supporting a small team of retail assistants to ensure shops run smoothly and efficiently to provide great service to customers.

Contract information:

Position: ASM |

Hours:

43 | Days: 5