Store Manager

Closing date: 25-02-2025 was removed from the job description as per the requirements.

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: £32,500 - £38,500 per annum plus great benefits

Contract: Permanent

We are seeking a skilled Store Manager to join our retail team. This full-time role comes with a competitive salary and brilliant benefits package.

As a Store Manager, you will help deliver the store purpose by guiding commercial and community strategies in your store. You will lead your team and show them how to make shopping at Co-op a fantastic experience, helping them grow and learn so they can showcase the difference Co-op brings to local communities.

• 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.
• Ensure the store is safe, legal and operational.
• Manage and optimise your store's commercial performance, recruit new team members and manage HR processes.

• Experience of guiding and developing a team and working in a busy, service-focused environment.
• Good communication skills essential, able to coach, motivate and inspire your team.
• 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.

• A competitive salary.
• Annual bonus (based on personal and business performance).
• 36 days holiday including bank holidays (rising with service).
• 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores all year-round.
• 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 differently. 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 actively build diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.