Store Manager - Spean Bridge

OTE £38,500 plus £5,000 loyalty bonus

Company Description

CJ Lang & Son Limited is Scotland's largest independent retailing and distribution company, based in Dundee since 1919. We provide award-winning service to over 300 SPAR stores throughout Scotland. CJ Lang offers an extensive portfolio of food and drink-related interests, and we are committed to delivering exceptional products through our partnerships with Scottish suppliers. As part of the globally recognized SPAR network, we pride ourselves on our passion for great products and unmatched service.

Role Description

As Store Manager, you will take full responsibility for running every aspect of a busy retail store. Suitable applicants will demonstrate strong leadership, management, and commercial skills. Additionally, you will be a natural forward planner, managing store operation to deliver excellent customer service and maximise sales and profitability.

If you have a proven background in retail, the determination to deliver, and flexible approach to work, this may be the ideal opportunity for you to take the next step in your career and, to help you achieve this, we offer a comprehensive training programme.

About the Role

• Manage a highly effective team, ensuring they have the capability to deliver above and beyond in their role by developing their operational, customer service and team skills.
• Deliver the right range, quality and availability of products in line with SPAR standards, promotions, NPD and customer needs to build loyalty within the community.
• Support your team and use your expertise and knowledge to actively grow sales and maximise profit.
• Lead the implementation and embedding of Food to Go across your team, ensuring that it delivers to standards and sales set.
• Manage your resources to deliver all store activities ensuring that hours are worked when and where these would most benefit customers, and to identify and resolve root cause issues, with sustainable solutions and continual reviews.
• Ensure that your store is meeting or exceeding its safe and legal standards particularly in relation to food safety and hygiene, licensing of alcohol and cigarette sales. To deliver this will include coaching your team to use all tools available to provide a safe, clean, and legal place to work.

About you…

• Knowledge and experience of the retail trade with exposure to Grocery sector is preferable.
• Experience at managing and leading a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work at pace and react to changing needs of our customers and the business.
• Commercial awareness to drive performance and maximise revenue

Benefits..

• Generous staff discount
• Rewards and Benefits platform
• Discounted shopping with over 200 retailers
• Wellbeing Benefits
• Gym discounts
• Company pension
• Free on-site parking
• 30 days annual leave