Store Manager

Moto Way; Stafford; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail brand is seeking a Store Manager for their location in Stafford. You will be responsible for managing store operations, achieving financial targets, and leading a high-performing team to deliver exceptional customer service. Ideal candidates will have experience in retail or hospitality, a proven track record of team management, and excellent interpersonal skills. This role offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and numerous employee benefits including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Annual bonus up to £7,800

60% colleague discount

Enhanced benefits including pension and life assurance

Fabulous development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing teams in a high volume environment.
• Experience in working with budgets, P&L, and cost saving initiatives.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Achieve financial targets, budget, and P&L.
• Support and develop team members.
• Ensure delivery of brand standards.
• Drive high quality customer service and sales.
• Lead shifts including opening and closing the unit.

Skills

Managing teams

Budget management

Stakeholder relationships

Team motivation and training

Calm under pressure

Job description

Store Manager – £33,000 to £35,000 – 40 hours per week

Address: Stafford Services, M6 Junction 14/15, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0EU

As a Store Manager, you will understand that it is all about people; it’s where we look to create a memorable customer experience. We’ll empower you to treat your restaurant as your own and help shape the winning culture that we are aspiring to achieve.

As a Store Manager, you’ll lead your team in delivering Pret A Mangers freshly made food, organic coffee and exceptional service as we transform the UK’s rest stop experience.

What you will get in return as a Store Manager

• Annual bonus up to £7,800pa
• Up to 60% colleague discount for you, family, and friends with brands such as Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, M&S Simply Food, Burger King, Greggs, KFC, WHSmith and more
• Enhanced benefits, including pension, sick pay, maternity, paternity, and life assurance
• Fabulous development opportunities including funded qualifications, leading to the next step in your career being a Site Operations Manager

What you will be doing as a Store Manager

• Ensure that the Pret A Manger unit achieves, as a minimum, the financial targets agreed budget and P&L
• As a Store Manager you will support and develop your team, ensuring that each colleague feels valued, supported, and able to grow both personal and professionally
• Adhering to and ensuring delivery of brand standards
• Overall responsibility for driving consistent high quality customer service and sales
• Lead shifts including opening and closing the unit

What Skills & Knowledge you’ll need

• A proven track record in managing and leading teams in a high volume, retail, or catering brand environment
• You will have previous experience work to and delivering against budgets, P&L, labour costs and ratios and cost saving initiatives
• An ability to build strong and positive relationships with stakeholders
• Previous experience motivating and increasing the performance of your team with mentoring, training, and succession planning.
• An ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment

You may be an assistant general manager or deputy manager who is aspiring to take their career to the next level, or you may already be a manager within the retail, catering or hospitality sectors such as a restaurant manager, general manager, catering manager or store manager looking for that next challenge. We want to hear from you!

We offer flexible working arrangements, including full or part time hours, as well as wherever we can compress or a fixed shift pattern to support your work life balance.

Where our customer's journey pauses, yours just begins.

Ready to start you journey with us, Apply today!

Annual bonus of up to 20%, final value subject to location and performance

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