Retail Manager

What you’ll be doing

• Leading a team overnight to deliver all replenishment activities across the store, prioritising deliveries, organising the warehouse and replenishing shelves.
• Running a full store operation independently on overnight shifts, responsible for the full shift and the safety and wellbeing of colleagues.
• Ensuring standards are excellent come morning to prepare the store for customers.
• Managing people: performance, capability, disciplinaries, scheduling and payroll.

Our night shift managers work full time over 4 nights and receive a £4,500 premium on top of the base salary. Night shifts run from 22:00 until 08:00.

• Comfortable with night shift work and adaptable to the physical and mental impact of these patterns, ensuring a safe and healthy environment for the team.
• Previous line‑management experience in a fast‑paced, operational environment.
• Resilience to manage the mental and physical demands of night work.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to coach a team to do the same.
• Experience delivering and monitoring KPI’s or other performance indicators.
• Ability to manage disciplinaries, performance issues or similar employee‑relations issues.
• Comfortable leading operations independently in the absence of senior management.
• Commitment to inclusivity, putting inclusivity at the heart of everything they do.

• Track record of delivering excellent customer service and coaching colleagues.
• Experience leading a team in a fast‑paced, customer‑facing environment, motivating others, driving performance and keeping operations running smoothly.
• Operational leadership skills – responsible for store operations in the absence of senior managers.
• Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs – sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement.
• Experience managing employee‑relations issues, including performance and absence management.
• Desirable:
  Worked night shifts in a high‑volume operational environment, adapting to the demands and creating a safe, supportive atmosphere for the team.

Wolverhampton St Mark’s Store, Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd, Raglan Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3 0TE
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From £31,700

• Discount card – 10% discount (15% on Fridays and Saturdays) after four weeks.
• An annual bonus scheme based on performance.
• Free food and hot drinks for colleagues.
• Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.
• Pension – match 4–7.5% of contributions.
• Sainsbury’s share scheme.
• Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.
• Colleague networks.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.