Team Manager

About the Role

As a Team Manager in one of our Waitrose shops, you'll influence and motivate your team and be a positive role model for delivering outstanding Partner‑led, customer service that is distinctively Waitrose, passionate Partners serving food lovers. Your strong leadership and team working skills will make all the difference to your team and, ultimately, the impression our customers have about the Waitrose brand.

Keeping them returning again and again by earning their trust and loyalty for a lifetime, whilst helping to maximise sales and profit.

In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £4.75 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Due to the nature of this role, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.

• Using your commercial skills to maximise sales and profit while minimising wastage.
• Ensuring consistently high levels of availability and merchandising as well as delivering an efficient, legal, and secure store operation.
• Improving and maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Using your people skills to manage your team, from leading and inspiring to people related tasks like organising holidays and managing absences.
• Create a supportive culture of care, belonging, pace and productivity.
• Engage and lead partners in delivering and embedding change consistently and effectively within your shop.

• Experience of leading a team with a proven track record in a fast‑paced, customer‑focused environment.
• Ability to build high‑performing teams, recognise talent, and hold regular, honest performance conversations.
• A passion for retail, understanding competitors and the economic factors impacting the partnership.
• Ability to assess workload realistically and adapt plans to ensure deadlines are hit and stakeholder relationships are maintained.
• Ability to communicate with clarity and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience with Disciplinary & Grievance processes.
• Hiring Manager/ Recruitment experience.
• Food Hygiene Level 3.
• Personal licence holder.
• Experience in regulatory compliance management.

Closing Date:
July 3, 2026

Pay: £32,000.00 – £45,600.00

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours of Work:
Various full‑time (37.5) hours required

Job Level: Partnership Level 8

Location:

Southampton (Waitrose & Partners), West Quay Shopping Centre, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1QA

This role may require pre‑employment vetting, including DBS checks, conducted by a third‑party registered body, and may involve financial probity checks.