Assistant Store Manager

£24,000 – £32,000 per annum (subject to experience) – Develop your commercial know-how and leadership skills with responsibility from day one.

Introduction

If you have a fresh outlook, customer focus and the appetite for a fresh challenge matched by the desire to learn and succeed, then this is the opportunity for you. Our structured training will give you responsibility from day one, and help develop your commercial know-how through hands on operational experience.

Your role

• Support the Store Manager and team in all aspects of your store’s day-to-day operations


• Champion our freshness and stock rotation principles


• Lead, support and motivate the store team to hit performance targets and maintain our exceptional standards of customer service


• Help the Store Manager with certain Human Resources activities such as training and development


• Ensure our customers always get what they come for, whether it’s through effective ordering, stock management or something equally important


• Be responsible for managing cash and other daily administrative tasks


• Ensure the store is clean, both on the shop floor and behind the scenes


• Keep the store clear and ensure any potential hazards are dealt with quickly and efficiently

Your profile

• A practical, hands-on approach


• Natural leadership skills and the ability to motivate and support the development of the whole store team


• The willingness to go the extra mile for our customers


• Excellent people skills


• A high degree of professionalism, especially when handling difficult situations


• A proactive approach to solving problems, and the ability to deal with any issue


• The flexibility to work varying shift patterns


• A passion for working in a fast-paced, varied environment, hitting targets and meeting deadlines


• Preferably, previous retail management experience

Our offer

• £24,000 – £32,000 per annum (subject to experience)


• An additional 10% London Weighting if Store is located within the M25


• 30 days holiday per annum (including Bank Holidays), rising to 35 days after 2 years


• A contributory pension scheme


• 10% discount on all Lidl products, in all stores throughout the UK


• Access to corporate discounts on a range of products and services (including holidays, home and garden products, leisure activities and more)


• Initial training and on-going development from an experienced team member


• Brilliant opportunities to take on more responsibility and progression to Store Manager level (and beyond!)