At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a busy retail store, managing operations and delivering excellent customer service.
- Company: Join C J Lang & Son Ltd, the family-owned wholesaler for SPAR Scotland.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounted shopping with over 200 retailers and comprehensive training.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for growth and development.
- Why this job: Take the next step in your career while making a real impact in your community.
- Qualifications: Retail management experience and strong leadership skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 25000 - 30000 £ per year.
C J Lang & Son Ltd is the wholesaler for SPAR Scotland, the largest symbol group in Scotland with over 300 convenience stores across the country. We are a family‑owned Retail and Distribution business with our Head Office based in Dundee. We are proud to serve local communities through our Company Owned SPAR Stores throughout Scotland and have a distribution network covering countryside to coast backed by outstanding operational organisation.
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 a 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. 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.
- Ability to work at pace and react to changing needs of our customers and the business.
- Commercial awareness to drive performance and maximise revenue.
Rewards and Benefits platform
- Discounted shopping with over 200 retailers.
Job Details:
- No. Of Hours: 39
- Location: CJ Lang Head Office Longtown Distribution Centre 78 Longtown Road Dundee DD4 8JU
