About the Role

There's a role for everyone in retail - including leadership. As a Store Manager - Express in one of our [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Express stores, you'll work with a small team of colleagues to drive sales, set standards and deliver KRAs. You'll be the key motivator, maintaining morale and creating an operation that keeps customers coming back. You'll support [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s pricing strategy and keep costs low. If you're looking for a chance to develop further in retail, this could be the role for you!

As part of the leadership team, you'll work on a rolling rota which will include weekends, evenings and sometimes, late nights.

About You

You'll be able to work in a fast-paced environment and be adaptable to change. You'll be naturally friendly and want to get stuck in, working with your team to deliver great results as well as spot talent and support their development. You'll have good leadership and people skills as well as be a strong coach, role model and mentor who inspires the team to be the best they can be. At times, you will need to deal with management issues such as disciplinary and grievances in a professional manager as well as manage rota planning and holidays.

Apply today by completing an online application…

Everything you'll love

• Colleague discount: 15% off your shopping at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] from day 1 for you and a nominated user
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Access to an enhanced electric car scheme
• Free eye test for you and your nominated user
• Discounted rates and special offers on [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] services such as Mobile, Pharmacy, Opticians, Personal Loan, Pet Insurance, Travel Insurance, Travel Money, Tyres, Breakdown Cover
• Stream: access to flexible pay, income tracker, financial coaching, exclusive savings account and much more
• Company pension
• Wellbeing: including 24/7 virtual GP, 24/7 EAP service, as well as access to free counselling, legal, mortgage, cancer and bereavement support
• [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.
• Colleague recognition programme
• Special offers and discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas

Location

18 Boroughbridge Road, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HG5 0NG

Why [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]?

We’re a really values-led organisation. Our mission means we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively with each other, valuing everyone’s input. We get on with things, we make them happen. As so many people across the UK rely on us, we have to.

Our Creating Change for Better programme tackles the major challenges facing our business and society today and guides our efforts on where we can make the biggest difference by reducing our environmental footprint, creating healthier products and supporting our communities.

Big businesses like ours offer big opportunities. With more than 1,000 stores across the UK, from superstores and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Living to petrol stations, as well as depots and Express stores. £60m+ in revenue taken every day. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles 2 million transactions a month. And 75% of the UK shop in [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] every year.

Everything that makes us different, makes us [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Our colleague-led inclusion networks, including our DisAbility, Race & Ethnicity, Women at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], LGBTQIA+, and our Wellbeing Network, are all about giving our colleagues a space to share their stories, experiences, and perspective. Supported by our dedicated Executive Ambassadors and led by our ten passionate co-chairs, our Networks help us make changes that make life better for every colleague.

Transforming communities and changing lives

Our stores, distribution centres, and head offices work in local communities across the UK – and we want to be a real part of making a difference for them. From our amazing 400 Community Champions to our charity, The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Foundation, we’ve got loads of ways to help local groups and charities. Our outreach programmes, grants, and Community Champions are all about listening to our communities’ needs – to shape projects and initiatives that will make a real impact for local people.

Store roles

The heart of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we’re making our stores a hub for everything our customers need, and our In-Store teams build real connections in our communities to help our customers get their essentials, at a price they can afford.

Is a retail role for you?

Take our short quiz to find out more about Life at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] and get introduced to our values which run through the core of our business.

The Retail Learning Journey

We want everyone who joins our stores to have everything they need to grow into confident colleagues across our departments. That’s what our Learning Journey, split into Ready to Go – Ready to Serve – Ready to Grow, is all about. From your induction to your fifth year with us, it’s designed to support your growth across different roles in our job families, so you develop your skills and join other departments.

• Ready to Go: We’ll welcome you into the business, helping you settle in, making sure you have the knowledge and support you need to be confident in your new role.
• Ready to Serve: You’ll shadow some of our team members across different roles in our job families, and learn about the different levels in their department or store in bite-sized learning missions. So you can learn, grow, and get the knowledge you need to work in a new department.
• Ready to Grow: When you’re ready, you can start thinking about where you want to go next, and what learning you need to grow. And we’ll help you make it happen, and help you develop your skills so you’re ready to grow into your next role.

Rewards and Recognition

• Free remote GP service
• Free eye tests
• Mental health support
• Save money on every day spends
• Setting your loved ones up for the future
• Guaranteed contracted hours