Service Team Leader

About the Role

Are you good with people and a natural leader, or a great customer assistant looking for the next step in your career? Do you have a helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers? We're looking for Team Leaders to lead our Service teams and drive our service performance forward for our customers.

As a Checkout Team Leader you’re the driving force behind our Checkout team and as part of your role you will:

• Be a visible presence across all front end service operations, utilising headsets to quickly support colleagues and help customers complete their purchases quickly and efficiently at checkouts
• Create a team that delivers outstanding, friendly and helpful service to all our customers
• Create an engaging department environment where colleagues are trusted to place customers at the heart of everything they do and actively contribute ideas for improvement
• Build a supportive and performance driven culture where achievement and contributions are recognised and rewarded
• Confidently utilise all dashboards and reports to make decisions that will optimise the front end experience, root cause issues, developing plans and implementing corrective action
• Ensure all policies, procedures and legal obligations including cash handling, are followed as specified by the company
• Be responsible for the coordination and day-to-day communication within the front end departments, including cash, petrol station (where applicable) kiosk, customer service desk, trolleys and car park, supporting colleagues with queries where required
• Minimise waste, delegating put backs to be completed in a timely manner

Rewards and Benefits

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Fully flexible shift patterns
• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• [Employer hidden] MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

About You

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships
• Experience in developing and leading teams, coaching to build competence and confidence for high performance
• Strong operational and technical knowledge of the Service department
• Able to effectively plan, organise and manage own and direct reports workload
• Able to work to strict deadlines

Location

Newark, United Kingdom, NG24 1EW

Our Process

We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.

Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing [contact hidden].

1. Find an opportunity that's right for you
2. Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
3. Let's find out more
4. Interview
5. Final Stage
6. Decision

Life at [Employer hidden]

We’re a Yorkshire based food manufacturer and retailer, and our story began with a simple market stall in Bradford all the way back in 1899. Today, we’re still just as committed to delivering on our promise of 'freshness from farm to fork' for every customer. It’s why we’ve grown to become one of the UK’s leading supermarkets. And, with 90,000 colleagues, nearly 500 stores, and 11 million customers every week, there are now more reasons to join us than you can imagine.