Closing date: 29-11-2024
Store Manager - Chelmsford
Location: The Co-operative Food, 38-40 Long Braddocks, Chelmsford, CM1 3LF
Salary: £32,500 - £38,500 per annum plus great benefits
We’re looking for a skilled Store Manager to join our retail team. This full-
time Store Manager role comes with a competitive salary and brilliant benefits
package.
As a Store Manager, youll help to deliver the store purpose by guiding the
commercial and community strategies in your store. Youll also lead your team
and show them how to make shopping at Co-op a fantastic experience, youll
help them to grow and learn so they can show our customers, colleagues and
members the difference Co-op brings to local communities.
In this role, you can expect to:
• Empower your team to deliver great service, personally promoting the Co-op
difference to customers and members
• Build an inclusive culture where everyone can speak up and share their views
• Develop your team through regular performance conversations to help them
reach their potential
• Make sure the store is safe, legal and operational
• Manage and optimise your store’s commercial performance, recruit new team
members and manage HR processes
You’ll need experience of guiding and developing a team and working in a busy,
service-focused environment. Good communication skills are essential, and you
should be able to coach, motivate and inspire your team. You’ll also need:
• Resilience and great problem solving skills
• The ability to understand and analyse commercial information
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and support the team with delivery of
store activities
In return for your passion and commitment, you’ll get a competitive salary and
great benefits package which includes an annual bonus (based on personal and
business performance), 36 days holiday including bank holidays (rising with
service) and 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores all year-round.
You’ll also get:
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Wagestream app – giving access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Cycle to work scheme
• Coaching and training to support your career development
At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s
largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart
of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social
purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for
our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from
everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our
recruitment process according to your needs. Were also part of the Disability
Confident scheme, meaning well always offer an interview to disabled
candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for
a job.
Well ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident
scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs,
we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to
participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.ukapply-
process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our
commitments to diversity and inclusion at
jobs.coop.co.ukdiversity-inclusion-wellbeing.
As part of the application process for this job, youll need to complete two
online assessments. It will take around 20 minutes to complete these tests.
We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.