Posting End Date: January 5, 2025 Join John Lewis or Waitrose today If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us. That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate. Job Summary: Do you enjoy leading and developing a team? Can you drive a culture of high standards and excellent service? Then our Waitrose Team Manager role might be the one for you. Job Description: Duties and Responsibilities: As Partners - members of the Partnership - it's our responsibility to ensure our success for the future. We proactively seek out opportunities to continuously improve the way we work, taking action to ensure the Partnership is efficient and we are all as productive as possible. It's an ethos each and every Partner works by and you'll carry into your own role too. As a Team Manager you'll be responsible for influencing, motivating and guiding a team whilst driving the shop forward. You will contribute to the overall performance of our unique brand through exceptional shop keeping and line management skills. You'll be a proactive role model for delivering superb customer service, overseeing the shop floor, to ensure our customers get the best experience. At times you'll manage the entire day to day operation to optimise sales, profitability, customer satisfaction and minimising wastage. Equally you'll promote a culture of continuous learning and delivering an outstanding Partner experience by unlocking their full potential. Job Requirements: You'll ensure consistently high levels of availability and exceptional merchandising standards as well as delivering an efficient, legal, and secure store operation. You'll take responsibility for the operational activity. Required essential experience skills and qualifications: - Experience of supervising a team in a fast-moving, customer focused environment Additional Information: As a Partner you will enjoy our unique benefits package, including staff discount, subsidised food in Partner dining rooms, discounts in local restaurants, subsidised learning, access to exclusive Partnership hotels and so much more. Please consider the following when making your application: - Please be aware that due to the nature and activities of this role, all successful candidates will have a 5 year reference check, 5 year financial probity and a DBS check carried out on them through a 3rd party registered body. For more details on DBS checks and what these entail, please visit the Government website. - We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early. - Print off the job description now if you require it. - Ensure you have an up-to-date CV. LI-JLPWTR Pay: £27,500.00 - £38,900.00 Annual Scheduled Weekly hours: 37.5 Worker Type: Permanent Partner Job Level: Partnership Level 8 Hours of Work: Various including weekends, earlies and lates. Will consider part time or job share. At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself. Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers. We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference. Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here. 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 it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. Please refer to the job outline above for more information on the role