At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and implement training strategies across our retail stores to empower colleagues.
- Company: Join Mamas & Papas, a passionate brand dedicated to supporting parents.
- Benefits: Enjoy 33 days holiday, company car allowance, and significant staff discounts.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with opportunities for travel and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on training and development in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in training or L&D within retail or fast-paced environments.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 £ per year.
Here at Mamas & Papas, our purpose is to inspire and support parents in becoming the best parents they can be: confident, capable & loving life with their little ones. Our passion for parenting exists in everything we do. It’s evident in the advice we source, the products we design, & the experiences we offer. We’re an award-winning, global omni-channel shopping experience with products at the core of our brand.
Due to continued growth & investment, we are looking to recruit a Lead Training Manager for our retail estate (c65 sites across the UK and Republic of Ireland and c700 retail employees).
The role of Lead Training Manager (Retail) involves:
- Shaping, leading, and implementing the full training strategy across our retail store estate in alignment with our overall business plan for growth.
- Ensuring every colleague has the knowledge, skills, tools, and confidence to perform at a consistently high level.
- Working in close partnership with key Head Office departments, Retail Director, Regional & Cluster Store Managers to align all training activity with commercial priorities, product launches, and operational needs.
- Creating a learning culture of success.
Key focus areas include:
- Training implementation, including accessibility via LMS e-learning.
- Training planning & calendar management.
- Leadership management and development of a field-based Product Trainer.
- Impact Analysis - designing tools to assess the commercial impact of training, learning & development.
- Large scale training delivery & roll-out, as well as Train the Trainer.
This role is predominantly based 3 days a week at our Huddersfield Head office (HD5 0RH), with 2 days working from home as part of our head office hybrid model. Travel across the retail estate will be required where necessary, with likely overnight stays.
How to apply:
If you come from a proven background in training, L&D, or capability building role within retail or a similar fast-paced environment, able to identify, create and deliver training programmes that drive measurable commercial & operational improvements, then we would love to hear from you. So take those amazing first steps to apply today for a member of the recruitment team to chat through further and next steps.
Benefits:
- 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
- Company car / car allowance.
- Company Bonus Schemes.
- Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
- Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online.
- Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub.
- Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances.
- Supportive family-related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave).
- Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering.
- Support for Loss and Bereavement.
- A Menopause Friendly Employer.
- Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes.
At Mamas & Papas, we’re a business for the future. Every day, we help to welcome a new generation of children into the world, and we want them to grow up in a world that’s sustainable – one that’s full of opportunity and hope.
