Customer Service Assistant Manager, Food Retail -

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Working Hours: Permanent
Location: Great Bookham
Salary: £15000 - £17000/annum 15000 - 17000
The Company
Somerfield are really going places. We are well on the way to achieving our mission of becoming Britain's favourite local grocery shop by providing convenience whilst maintaining quality, freshness & outstanding service.

The Role
Services Trading Manager : Food Retail

There has never been a better time to become a Trading Manager with Somerfield. We offer a competitive salary, staff discount, 30 days holiday per year (increasing with service) and, most importantly to us, unparalleled opportunities to progress your career.

Now as part of The Co-operative Group, we are the UK`s leading community food retailer. We have doubled our share within the food retail market, and have grown from under 1000 stores to over 3000 in the UK. We believe this will propel us to become part of the big ?5` able to offer more to both our staff and our customers.

Being a Services Trading Manager

Depending on store turnover either two, three or four Trading Managers report directly to the Store Manager, with a team of Supervisors and Colleagues reporting to them. They also take on Duty Management responsibilities in the Store Manager`s absence, driving great customer service, product availability, store standards and adherence to legislation.

The Trading Manager role is divided into three main areas of the store: Fresh, Ambient and Services. As a Services Trading Manager you will take on responsibility for all services departments within a store including Checkouts, Kiosk, Impulse areas, Systems, SELs (shelf-edge labels) and POS (point of sale).

You will be supported every step of the way by our market-leading 'Reach' training programme, aiming to have you signed off after 12 weeks when you will receive a £1,000 salary increase.

Are you a Services Trading Manager?...

We are looking for high performing, target-driven Supervisors, Assistant Managers, Duty Managers, Deputy Managers or Store Managers with substantial people management experience and a real passion for delivering the best customer experience possible. You will have a pro-active, ?hands-on` management style, excellent communication and organisation skills and the ability to motivate, inspire and train others.

So if you have substantial experience of the Retail industry and a flexible, adaptable approach, you could well be the next Somerfield Services Trading Manager?

Join us now!

This really is an exciting time to join a progressive, forward thinking company. Apply now!