Line Manager - Ashbourne

Role Overview

Tesco Ireland seeks a dedicated Line Manager for its Ashbourne store, responsible for guiding a department and its team to consistently deliver excellent shopping experiences for customers. The role requires strong leadership skills, a commitment to colleague development, and a passion for operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor your team to ensure top-notch service, maintain standards, and product availability to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Achieve departmental performance targets and key indicators.
• Make daily decisions that empower your team to perform effectively.
• Implement comprehensive training plans so colleagues are properly trained, validated, and up-to-date.
• Ensure completion and accuracy of all departmental processes, routines, and systems on schedule.
• Plan and execute seasonal, promotional, and trade activities to maximize sales impact and visual presentation.
• Oversee safe and compliant operational routines, addressing any compliance issues proactively.
• Encourage colleagues to understand their objectives and engage in regular performance reviews, career conversations, and maintain live personal development plans.
• Provide ongoing coaching and constructive feedback to develop team skills.
• Empower your team to address behavioral issues constructively to improve the shopping environment.
• Foster an environment that supports innovation and personal growth.
• Exemplify values that promote a welcoming culture where customers enjoy shopping and colleagues take pride in working.
• Ensure prioritization of customer needs in all tasks, including product care and maintaining clean, organized areas.
• Comply with company policies and health and safety standards.
• Support colleagues beyond core duties by assisting other departments when required.

Experience and Leadership Attributes

• Proven management experience with a history of adapting and excelling in fast-paced retail environments.
• Strong passion for delivering outstanding customer and colleague experiences.
• Capable of influencing at senior levels and being the go-to resource for departmental queries.
• Demonstrates collaborative leadership by building strong relationships across teams.
• Exudes warmth and approachability, ensuring others feel heard and valued.
• Maintains resilience and energy when facing challenges, making sound decisions aligned with core values.
• Inspires confidence by embodying integrity and high standards through all circumstances.
• Encourages creativity and innovation, providing constructive feedback to improve initiatives.
• Acts as a humble leader living Tesco’s core values.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary starting from €37500 per annum.
• Performance-related bonus scheme available.
• Access to Virtual GP service offering confidential online consultations and prescriptions available also to family members living at the same address for reduced cost.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme providing emotional support and various wellbeing services.
• Discounts through Colleague Clubcard, including 10% off regularly, special discount weekends, and clothing discounts extendable to family members.
• Life assurance coverage.
• Pension plan eligibility.
• Participation in the Save As You Earn scheme.
• Paid family leave, bike to work scheme, long service awards, and commuter scheme benefits.

Additional Information

Tesco Ireland, operating since 1997 with over 190 stores and more than 13,000 employees, is committed to supporting local communities and suppliers, championing diversity and inclusion, and creating a culture where all colleagues feel able to be themselves. The company supports flexible working conversations to accommodate various life situations. Successful candidates must provide bank details before their start date. Tesco maintains a fully inclusive recruitment process and offers accessibility support upon request.