Lead Food Manager

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead a small team of food managers to manage the grocery shop floor in one of our supermarkets
• Execute exciting trading events by working closely with the rest of the store leadership team whether it’s Christmas or Easter you’ll help ensure we win.
• Regularly taking full accountability for the store in the absence of a store manager, role modelling and coaching for high standards and efficiency across the food hall.
• Manage compliance to processes and safety whilst bringing the passion and flare for great shop keeping and creating fantastic shopping experiences.
• You’ll be responsible for a large team of colleagues, making sure they’re performing at their best, they’re there on the shop floor when we need them and that all people matters are conducted properly whether it’s celebrating someone’s success or managing difficult situations.

What makes a great Lead Food Manager:

• A passionate leader who is consistently ambitious for their customers and colleagues, every day, growing their team to do the same.
• Experience of managing managers, in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment.
• An operator who is comfortable managing alone in the absence of more senior management.
• Driven to deliver high performance with a focus on efficiency and engagement.
• Confident in the use of data and understanding / interpreting KPI's or other performance indicators and transforming these into meaningful actions.
• Is a champion of inclusivity putting it at the heart of what they do, uses this passion to build an inclusive team and working environment.
• Comfortable in managing complex people matters such as: managing disciplinaries, performance issues or other similar employee relations issues.