Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week across 7 days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings, and weekends. Exact rotas to be discussed at interview.
About The Role
As a Team Manager of Customer Assistants here at John Lewis Trafford, you'll support your leadership team to ensure that every customer who visits or interacts with your shop has an exceptional service experience, through the creation of a seamless customer shopping journey.
You'll be an outstanding specialist in people and will lead, inspire and develop your Partners (employees), enabling each of them to reach their full potential.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Striving for high levels of customer and Partner (employee) satisfaction.
2. Empowering your team to act with authority and accountability in a culture where they feel supported to grow professionally and feel cared for.
3. Building genuine relationships with customers and internal and external stakeholders.
4. Working with the wider shop leadership team, taking on duty manager responsibilities when required.
5. Through the development of a clear resourcing strategy, you will ensure the recruitment of Partners that have the capability, aspiration, and passion to deliver outstanding service.
Essential skills you'll need:
Experience of leading a large team in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment with a proven track record as a specialist in people and driving a culture of empowerment.
Desirable skills you may have:
Disciplinary and Grievance experience.
Hiring Manager and/or recruitment experience.
About The Partnership
We’re the largest employee-owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt, and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality, and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
As Partners, we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.
We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.
As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.
Important points to note:
It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
We believe in ensuring our Partners have access to a complete spectrum of benefits whilst in the business. After all, our Partners make our Partnership what it is.
Learn a new skill or become more proficient in your hobbies by claiming up to half the cost of certain tutored courses which you pay for yourself (up to a maximum of £250 per year).
Partner Discount
25% off at John Lewis and 20% at Waitrose. We know you’d like this one! (some exclusions apply)
Clubs & Societies
From arts & crafts to fishing, from skiing to running, we have so many clubs and societies bringing Partners with shared interests together.
Enjoy a generous holiday provision. Plenty of time for some rest and relaxation. (The amount of holiday you’ll get depends on your role and working hours. It increases over time).
Pension & Life Assurance
Secure your future with our comprehensive pension scheme and life assurance.
Partnership Hotels
Recharge and reconnect at our exclusive Partner hotels in locations across the UK!
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