<p><strong>Shop Manager – Full Time</strong></p><p><strong>- Hours: 45&nbsp;hours across 5 days per week.<br>-&nbsp;Pay: £34,262&nbsp;- £39,889&nbsp;per annum.<br>-&nbsp;Benefits: 6 weeks holiday, 15% staff discount, and more!</strong></p><p>We are looking to recruit a new <strong>Shop Manager</strong> for our shop in <strong>Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees (postcode: TS17 9FF)</strong>.&nbsp;We offer a permanent full time position working a variety of shifts, 5 days from 7 each week.</p><p><strong>Please note that for full time positions we will require you to be fully flexible in your availability for work throughout the week, including weekends.</strong></p><p><strong>Pay &amp; benefits:</strong></p><p>The salary offered for this position is between £34,262.76&nbsp;- £39,889.20&nbsp;on a 45 hour contract.</p><p>In addition to your pay you will also benefit from:</p><p>- 30 days holiday each year.</p><p>- Great training and development opportunities.</p><p>- 15% staff discount to use in any of our 300+ shops on a great range of food and household essentials.</p><p>- A smart uniform.</p><p>- Free life assurance.</p><p>- Workplace pension.</p><p><strong>As one of our shop managers you will:</strong></p><p>- Lead by example, and get stuck in with the day to day tasks involved in running one of our busy shops.</p><p>- Motivate and inspire your team to run an efficient shop and provide a great service to our customers.</p><p>- Be responsible for the recruitment, induction and ongoing development of your team, through coaching, mentoring and providing feedback, developing a pipeline of talent for our business.</p><p>- Be fully accountable for the shop and responsible for ensuring that customers are looked after, deliveries are worked quickly and shop routines are completed to maintain a safe, clean and tidy shop.</p><p>- Take responsibility for controlling key shop costs including shrinkage, waste and payroll to achieve all KPI’s, reporting directly to your area manager.</p><p>- Meet standards in relation to customer service, cash handling, health &amp; safety, stock management, merchandising and presentation.</p><p><strong>You will need:</strong></p><p>- A friendly, positive, hardworking approach to work.</p><p>- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate people in a busy and challenging environment</p><p>- To be a ‘people person’ who finds it easy to get on with everyone and is able to build strong working relationships with the people you work with.</p><p>- To be trustworthy and reliable as you will be an important part of a small team. Your team and customers will depend upon you to do your job to the best of your ability at all times.</p><p>- Experience as a manager or assistant manager.</p><p>- A full driving licence is desirable. If you don't have a driving licence but meet all of the other criteria, you are still welcome to apply.</p><p>- To complete&nbsp;a Basic DBS check (England/Wales) or Disclosure Scotland check (Scotland) if hired for&nbsp;the advertised position which will be sent to you via email and confirm if you have any previous or unspent convictions.&nbsp;Your employment is subject to a satisfactory check.</p><p><strong>More than just a job:</strong></p><p>There are many long-term opportunities for a career at Farmfoods.&nbsp; We have some great training programmes in place and always look to promote to area manager positions from within.&nbsp; Many people in senior management and central services positions at Farmfoods started their careers in our shops so this could be the start of a rewarding career for you.</p><p><strong>A bit about us:</strong></p><p>Farmfoods are a family business with ambition. We pride ourselves on offering our customers great value, quality products from clean and tidy shops with the friendliest team in retail.</p><p>We aim to offer sensational value to customers on a great range of everyday family oriented goods.&nbsp; We back up our sensational value with a focus on delivering an ‘old fashioned’, genuine and friendly customer experience.</p><p>Our shop managers are an important members of the shop team providing support to a small team of retail assistants and their duty managers, and ensuring that their shops run smoothly and efficiently to provide great service to our customers.</p><p><strong>Contract information:</strong></p><p>Position: SM, Hours: 45, Days: 5</p><div class="pull-right pa-b"><br><a href="https://jobs.farmfoods.co.uk/Apply/UmV7bba10YWlsIC0gU018MzB8OTc1NTEzfDF8fEZhbHNlfDExODZ8NTQwMTc3OHww?i=MzUqsL4kls4%3d" style="float:right" class="mpatssubmitButton mpatsbutton btn btn-default btn-lg">Apply</a></div>