Service Team Leader

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 5 May 2026
LOCATION
Penrith
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Retail
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SKILLS

Customer service excellence Team leadership and coaching Performance management and dashboards Cash handling and policy compliance Operational knowledge of service department Effective planning and organisation Communication and relationship building Working under pressure to deadlines

FULL DESCRIPTION

Service Team Leader

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] – Penrith

Retail (Stores) Hourly Paid | Competitive salary, plus excellent benefits | 20 Hours per week | Permanent | 5/7 fully flex shift start 0700 am late finish 2230 | Closing date: 08 May 2026 | Job reference: 155417

About this 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

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

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team – it only takes a couple of minutes! We'll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly. Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver's age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following link. At [Employer hidden], we are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. You can find answers to common questions on our FAQs page, including how to request reasonable adjustments. Should you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know and we'd be happy to support you. For any questions about your application, email [contact hidden].

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