Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager - Full Time

• Hours:
  
  43 hours across 5 days per week.
• Pay: £31,449 - £32,648 per annum.
• Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, staff benefits package, and more.

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Roker, Sunderland. It is a permanent full‑time position, with a variety of shifts, usually including at least one weekend shift.

Please note that for full‑time positions we will generally require you to be fully flexible in your availability for work throughout the week, including weekends.

The salary offered for this position is between £31,449.60 and £32,648.16 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 great range of food and household essentials.
• A smart uniform.
• Free life assurance.
• Workplace pension.
• A staff benefits package including a virtual GP, discounted services and products such as cinema tickets, gym memberships, days out and travel.

• Work closely with the shop manager to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to our 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, ensuring that customers are looked after, deliveries are worked quickly and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.
• Take responsibility for motivating and guiding your team to ensure the control of operational costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll.
• Support the shop manager with recruitment and induction of new team members.

• A friendly, positive, hard‑working approach to work.
• To be a ‘people person’ who finds it easy to get on with everyone and is able to build strong working relationships.
• To be trustworthy and reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your team and customers will depend upon you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.
• To complete a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check (Scotland) if hired for the advertised position.

There are many long‑term opportunities for a career  have great training programmes and promote from within to shop and area manager positions. Many people in senior management and central services at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops, so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.

Farmfoods is a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family‑oriented goods, focusing on an ‘old fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience.

Position:
Assistant Manager;

Hours:

43;
Days: 5.