Assistant Manager

Assistant Manager - Full Time

We are looking to recruit a new Assistant Manager for our shop in Bloxwich, West Midlands. This is a permanent full‑time position with a 43‑hour contract, working five days a week (usually including at least one weekend shift). The role requires full flexibility across the week, including weekends.

• Hours:
  
  43 hours across 5 days per week.
• Pay: £30,240 - £31,392 per annum (dependent on experience).
• Benefits: 30 days holiday each year, 15% staff discount at over 300 shops, smart uniform, free life assurance, workplace pension, and a staff benefits package (virtual GP, 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 and ensure 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 control 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.
• People skills – easy to relate to everyone and build strong working relationships.
• Trustworthy and reliable; you will be an important part of a small team that the customers depend on.
• Some experience as a manager, team leader or supervisor.

There are many long‑term opportunities for a career  have extensive training programmes and we promote from within to shop and area manager positions. Many senior managers and central services staff started their careers in our shops.

Farmfoods is a family business that prides itself on offering great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail. We aim to deliver an ‘old fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience across a great range of everyday family‑oriented goods.

Position:
Assistant Manager (ASM).

Hours:

43, Days: 5.