Tesco Store Manager in Houghton-Le-Spring

Overview

Tesco UK • Fence Houses Express • Permanent • Apply by 02-Feb-2026

Tesco: Store Manager

Contract: Permanent

Shift Pattern: Varies from day to day but are planned in advance

Note: Your offer will be conditional upon providing bank account details before your agreed start date.

What is in it for you

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
• Request flexible working from day one
• 10% discount and 15% at pay day weekends – save up to £2,000 a year with the Colleague Clubcard, with an additional card to share with family outside your home
• Access to free wellbeing services with resources to support mind, body and life
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
• Benefits to suit you—from discounts and shares to cycle-to-work schemes
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for life’s moments
• Access to colleague networks for staff from diverse backgrounds
• Further information about benefits available to colleagues can be found by reading more about the benefits

You will be responsible for

• Recruiting and training the best people for your team, ensuring they can deliver above and beyond through development of operational and leadership skills.
• Coaching your team to be passionate and knowledgeable about products, building the store’s brand and providing customers with the right range, quality and service.
• Leading your team in driving trade activity to grow sales and maximise profit.
• Leading and building managers’ knowledge to deliver and sustain Store Change Plan and resource-planned activities, ensuring hours benefit customers; identify and resolve root cause issues with sustainable solutions and continual reviews.
• Ensuring the safety of colleagues and that the store trades legally by coaching the team to use available security tools.

You will need

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to share knowledge, experience and best practices while working collaboratively to deliver results.
• A natural and welcoming approach with customers, listening and building strong relationships with colleagues and customers.
• Energy and resilience to maintain momentum in challenging environments; ability to own decision making for the store and act quickly in customers’ and colleagues’ interests.
• Drive to deliver beyond expectations and consistently perform at your best, inspiring confidence in others.
• Aware of competitors’ actions and continually seeking ways to improve the store for customers with new initiatives.

About us

Our vision is to become every customer\’s favourite way to shop, whether at home or on the move. Our core purpose is: “Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.” Serving means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, the communities we are part of and the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, you should feel represented and able to be yourself at work. We are a place where Everyone\’s Welcome.

We welcome discussions about flexible working. If you are at the start of your career, seeking flexibility to do what you love, or navigating life moments such as becoming a carer, retirement, or parenthood, please talk to us during your application about how we can support.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and committed to an accessible recruitment process. For information on accessibility support, please read the information available.

Please note: Tesco will recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver\’s age. To find out the school leaver’s age for your country, please read the accompanying information.

We can only accept candidates over 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm, or involves working in areas such as warehouse, beverages, wines and spirits, counters, bakery and driving roles.

On occasions with high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date to manage applications. We will offer feedback to those who attend an interview.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com