Team Manager - North Down Area

Role Overview

As a Tesco Store Team Manager, you will take a leading role in enhancing the shopping experience for customers every day. This position enables you to apply your skills, knowledge, and intuition to identify new opportunities, optimize operational methods, and ensure excellent service standards. You will lead by example, inspiring your team to understand and appreciate Tesco's products and services while engaging them in community initiatives. You will be responsible for developing your team by recognizing talent and offering constructive feedback and support to help them achieve their best.

Your duties will also include maximizing sales and promotional impact, maintaining department presentation, ensuring safety compliance, and managing effective task allocation to keep operations efficient. Unlike traditional managerial roles, this requires hands-on leadership directly on the shop floor interacting with colleagues and customers alike.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a role model and leader on the store floor, fostering a positive working environment.
• Develop and support your team members to enhance their skills and performance.
• Drive sales and improve presentation to meet departmental goals.
• Ensure all safety and compliance standards are upheld consistently.
• Manage workforce planning to guarantee adequate staffing at all times.
• Engage with customers and colleagues to promote new ideas and best practices.
• Lead your team through changes and motivate them to meet and exceed expectations.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is passionate about retail and places a strong emphasis on people-first leadership. You should be approachable, listen effectively, and foster team spirit and wide-ranging relationships that extend beyond the store. Strong qualities include the ability to anticipate opportunities, act decisively in the interest of colleagues and customers, thrive in a changing environment, and consistently deliver above expectations.

Benefits and Perks

• Starting annual holiday of 20 days plus a personal day, increasing to 22 days after one year, alongside bank holidays.
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one.
• Discounts including 10% regularly and 15% on pay day weekends, with potential savings up to £2,000 annually via the Colleague Clubcard, plus an additional card to share with relatives living elsewhere.
• Free access to wellbeing resources supporting mental and physical health.
• Life insurance coverage at five times your salary and a pension scheme with up to 7.5% matching contributions.
• Various benefits tailored to personal needs, such as shares, discounts, and cycle-to-work schemes.
• Provided uniform and supportive policies catering to significant life events.
• Inclusive colleague networks representing diverse backgrounds for community and support.

About Tesco

Tesco's vision is to be every shopper's preferred choice, both at home and on the go. The core mission is to serve customers, communities, and the environment better every day. This commitment transcends transactions, aiming to be responsible and sustainable for stakeholders, local communities, and the planet.

Tesco values diversity, equity, and inclusion, welcoming all individuals regardless of their background to be their authentic selves at work. Conversations about flexible work arrangements are encouraged to accommodate various life stages and needs, such as early career, caregiving, retirement, or parenthood.

As a Disability Confident Leader, Tesco pledges an accessible and inclusive recruitment process, providing necessary support throughout. Candidates must have surpassed school-leaving age as per their region's regulations. For roles involving early morning or late night shifts, or duties in specific departments, applicants must be at least 18 years old. High application volumes may result in earlier closing of some job postings, and feedback will be provided only to interviewed candidates.