Lead Food Manager

As a Lead Food Manager at Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, you will lead a small team of food managers to manage the grocery shop floor in one of our supermarkets.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Executing exciting trading events by working closely with the rest of the store leadership team
• Regularly taking full accountability for the store in the absence of a store manager, role modelling and coaching for high standards and efficiency across the food hall
• Managing compliance to processes and safety whilst bringing the passion and flare for great shop keeping and creating fantastic shopping experiences
• You’ll be responsible for a large team of colleagues, making sure they’re performing at their best, they’re there on the shop floor when we need them and that all people matters are conducted properly

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Experience of managing managers, in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment
• An operator who is comfortable managing alone in the absence of more senior management
• Driven to deliver high performance with a focus on efficiency and engagement
• Confident in the use of data and understanding / interpreting KPI's or other performance indicators and transforming these into meaningful actions
• Is a champion of inclusivity putting it at the heart of what they do, uses this passion to build an inclusive team and working environment

We offer a range of benefits for our managers, including:

• Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks
• An annual bonus scheme based on our, and your, performance
• Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores
• Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave
• Pension – we’ll match 4-7.5% of your pension contributions
• Sainsbury’s share scheme – build up an investment at discounted rates
• Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice
• Colleague networks – link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential
• Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI

The salary for this role will be dependent upon your experience as well as the store size, complexity and location.