Overview
Our Supermarket Store Managers lead large, complex operations. They're accountable for the success of a store and ensuring we deliver on our purpose to make good food, joyful, accessible and affordable for everyone, every day. Our operations are made up of hundreds of colleagues and a management team which our Store Managers lead to ensure we provide brilliant service standards and deliver on our commitments to our customers. Retail's ever evolving with new business initiatives and change programmes and there are always difficult decisions to be made. It's a job with a lot of responsibility but also one that can be highly rewarding.
Responsibilities
* Lead and manage store operations to deliver brilliant customer experiences and continually improve the customer journey.
* Have significant experience leading an operation with accountabilities for delivering customer, financial and organisational outcomes.
* Model excellent service and business values through teams of managers and colleagues.
* Use data and insight to inform longer-term planning, improve performance or customer experience and key performance indicators.
* Manage complex employee relations matters including dismissals, applying HR policies with fairness and integrity where required.
* Lead through change, delivering high engagement on change purpose while managing team wellbeing.
* Lead by example — living values and inspiring your team to deliver brilliant service every day.
Leading in our stores
Our management teams don't just run stores — they're the driving force behind our business. With bold leadership, a passion for service and an eye for opportunity, they empower teams to raise the bar every single day for our customers. Whether it's product availability, safety standards, or delivering seamless daily operations, they're hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up changemakers. This is how we bring our purpose to life, one powerful action at a time.
Qualifications
An inclusive place to work and shop: We are dedicated to being a truly inclusive retailer, where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome when they shop with us. To support this commitment, our colleagues may be entitled to a range of enhanced discretionary leave for families, as well as support for carers. We provide our colleagues resources to help them understand and support their role and their team effectively. Our internal colleague networks seek to ensure true representation for everyone, helping us identify and remove barriers that our colleagues may face. We are proud to offer a range of development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression pathways, to help our colleagues grow and succeed. We also celebrate diversity through various initiatives and events, fostering a culture of inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here.
Salary and Benefits
Salary will be dependent upon your experience as well as the store size, complexity and location. Alongside this, we also offer a great range of benefits for our managers, including:
* Private Healthcare - Eligible for single cover and to upgrade annually to family cover
* 6S ONLY Car allowance - You're eligible to receive a company car cash benefit.
* 5S ONLY Interest free car loan of up to £10,000.
* An annual bonus scheme based on our, and your, performance.
* Discount card - 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
* Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
* Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.
* 6S ONLY Pension - we'll match 4% of your contributions and if you want to pay more you'll receive more from us.
* 5S ONLY Pension - we'll match 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
* Sainsbury's share scheme - build up an investment at discounted prices.
* Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.
* Colleague networks - link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential.
* Cycle to Work scheme - hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI.
* Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
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