Retail Merchandising Team Leader

Job Title:

Advanced Team Leader – Retail Merchandising

Location:

Field-based / Nationwide travel (Greater Manchester and surrounding regions — no fixed base; travel to store required)

Pay:
Up to £14.32 per hour (dependent on experience) + £5 per shift for driving team members

Hours:

Up to 50 hours per week across 10-hour shifts, including days and nights. Intermittent contract — core team members typically work consistently across c.44 weeks per year, with a break in December.

Number of vacancies:
Up to 6

About the Role

We're recruiting Advanced Team Leaders to manage retail merchandising teams delivering store openings, reflows and closures for major national retailers including Sainsbury's, Boots and B&Q. You'll lead a team of minimum wage workers through full store footprint remerchandising projects, working hands-on alongside them throughout.

Extensive travel is required, with all travel and accommodation covered. This is a physical, fast-paced role suited to someone who thrives leading teams in a live retail environment.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and manage a team on-site to remerchandise entire store footprints

* Oversee stock dressing and stock replenishment

* Manage store systems, including scanning stock in and out of location

* Handle equipment profiling (e.g. peg tin, shelving) — full builds not required

* Manage shelf point-of-sale and shelf-edge price ticketing

* Manage team performance and behaviour in person, addressing issues as they arise

* Act as the customer-facing point of contact on-site

* Work hands-on alongside the team to deliver projects to standard and on time

Person Specification

Essential:

* Strong people management experience, ideally including managing behavioural or performance issues face-to-face

* Resilient, well organised and a confident communicator

* Comfortable with physical work and hands-on delivery

* Willing and able to travel extensively, including overnight stays

* Willing to work flexible shifts, including nights and weekends

Desirable:

* Previous experience as a Retail Duty Manager or similar

* Full UK driving licence (drivers receive an additional £5 per shift)

What We Offer

* Competitive hourly pay, up to £14.32/hour

* Travel and accommodation paid

* Additional £5 per shift for drivers

* Consistent work for core team members across c.44 weeks of the year