Store Manager

Position: Store Manager – Newcastle area.

The Opportunity: fast track development to become an Area Manager within approximately 18-24 months.

Salary: £35,000 plus bonus opportunity.

Benefits: 30 days annual leave, pension, 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme, employee discount across Heron Foods and B&M, money off a range of products and services via BenefitHub.

Are you an ambitious Store Manager who is looking for career development within a well-established and growing food retail business? Are you ready to flourish and become an Area Manager where you will be developing and leading your own store teams?

Heron Foods is one of the UK’s fastest-growing food retailers with over 320 stores across England and Wales. As part of the B&M retail group, we are really going places, with new store openings planned month-by-month. Last year we ranked at number 6 in Retail Week’s ‘Top UK Retailers to Work for in 2022’ based on Glassdoor reviews and as we have grown, we have retained the ethos and spirit of a family-owned business.

This is a unique opportunity to join our thriving business and receive award-winning training and development to help you to become one of our Area Managers within an expected 18-24 month timeframe. We will provide you with full support including your participation in our successful Area Manager Designate programme.

As our Store Manager, you will be responsible for demonstrating your strong leadership skills by inspiring store teams to deliver excellent store standards. To broaden your experience, you will be covering as a Store Manager within a number of stores within the Newcastle area. Therefore, you will need to have a full UK Driving Licence and to own your own vehicle (once you become an Area Manager, a fully expenses company vehicle will be provided).

Once you become a Heron Foods Area Manager you will be responsible for leading approximately 12 stores, nurturing your best talent and executing robust succession plans to develop future stars to strengthen your area. You will inspire your teams to deliver excellent store standards and sales performance to ensure Team Heron’s continued growth and development as a trusted community-based discount retailer.

What we can offer you:

• A salary of £35,000 plus bonus opportunity.
• 30 days annual leave with accrual of additional leave for long service plus option to purchase additional days.
• 10% discount across both Heron Foods and B&M stores; double discount weekends throughout the year.
• Wellbeing support via our 24/7 employee assistance program – LifeWorks.
• Access to BenefitHub for you and your family for exclusive deals and discounts on everyday purchases, eating out, family days out, financial services etc.
• Ongoing learning and career development including on-the-job training, eLearning or apprenticeships.
• Reward and recognition schemes and celebration of long service & work anniversaries.

If you have a genuine passion for retail, customer and product coupled with a record in the achievement of the development of teams and accomplishment of results, we want to hear from you!

If you have the ambition and drive to succeed within a rapidly expanding business, we want to hear from you. Please visit http://careers.heronfoods.com/ if you would like to know more about life at Heron Foods.

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