What you’ll be doing
- Leading a team overnight to deliver all replenishment activities across the store whilst prioritising deliveries, organising the warehouse and replenishing shelves.
- Often, you will run a full store operation on your own overnight, taking responsibility for the full shift and the safety and wellbeing of colleagues in store.
- Ensuring standards are excellent come morning so we’re ready to serve our customers.
- People management is a significant part of the role, including managing performance and capability, conducting disciplinaries and ensuring scheduling and pay are accurate.
Our nightshift managers work full-time hours over 4 nights, with a £4,500 premium on top of base salary. Our nightshifts typically run from 22:00 until 08:00.
What makes a great nightshift manager
- Comfortable with nightshift working and adaptable to the physical and mental impact of these shift patterns, while providing a safe and healthy environment for the team.
- Previous line management responsibilities in a fast-paced, operational environment.
- Resilience to the mental and physical demands of working nights.
- Provides brilliant customer service and coaches a team to do the same.
- Experience delivering and monitoring KPI’s or other performance indicators.
- Capable of managing disciplinaries, performance issues or other employee relations matters.
- Leads operations and is comfortable doing this alone in the absence of more senior management.
- Commits to inclusivity in all actions.
Essential Criteria
- A track record of delivering brilliant customer service and coaching colleagues to do the same.
- Experience leading a team in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment — you’ve motivated others, driven performance, and kept operations running smoothly.
- Operational leadership skills — responsible for store operations in the absence of more senior managers.
- Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs — whether it’s sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement, with measurable impact.
- Experience managing employee relations issues, including performance and absence management.
- Desirable — has worked night shifts in a high-volume, operational environment and adapted to the physical and mental demands of overnight work, creating a safe, supportive atmosphere for the team during out-of-hours trading.
Leading in our stores
Our management teams are the driving force behind the business. With bold leadership, a passion for service and an eye for opportunity, they empower teams to raise the bar every day for our customers. They ensure product availability, safety standards, and seamless daily operations. They are hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up changemakers who make work rewarding for colleagues and provide a superior shopping experience for customers.
Working for us has great rewards
Salary will be dependent on experience, store size, complexity and location. We offer a range of benefits for managers, including:
- Discount card – 10% discount off shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday.
- An annual bonus scheme based on performance.
- Free food and hot drinks for colleagues in all stores.
- Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave.
- Pension – employer contributions matching 4-7.5%.
- Sainsbury’s share scheme – discounted investment opportunities.
- Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice.
- Colleague networks – networks to help fulfil potential.
- Cycle to Work scheme to hire a bike and cycling equipment, with tax and NI savings.
- Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
An inclusive place to work and shop
We are committed to being an inclusive retailer where every colleague can achieve their full potential and every customer feels welcome.
To support this commitment, colleagues may be entitled to enhanced discretionary leave for families and support for carers. We provide resources to help understand and support roles and teams. Our internal networks promote true representation and help remove barriers. We offer development opportunities, including mentorship, training, and career progression, to help colleagues grow. We celebrate diversity through initiatives and events, fostering inclusion and respect. If you would like to learn more about our commitment to inclusivity, please take a look here.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview stages, please let us know and we will endeavour to support you.
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