Store Manager
£36,000 per annum – 40 hours per week
Chieveley Services, M4, Oxford Rd, Hermitage, Thatcham RG18 9XX
As a Store Manager, you will understand that it is all about people; it’s where we look to create a memorable customer experience. We’ll empower you to treat your store as your own and help shape the winning culture that we are aspiring to achieve.
As a Store Manager, you’ll lead your team in delivering WHSmith’s handy range travel essentials and exceptional service as we transform the UK’s rest stop experience.
What you will get in return as a Store Manager
- Annual bonus up to £7,800pa (up to 20%, dependent on location and performance)
- Up to 60% colleague discount for you, family, and friends with brands such as Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, M&S Simply Food, Burger King, Greggs, KFC, WHSmith and more
- Enhanced benefits, including pension, sick pay, maternity, paternity, and life assurance
- Fabulous development opportunities including funded qualifications, leading to the next step in your career being a Site Operations Manager
What you will be doing as a Store Manager
- Ensure that the WHSmith unit achieves, as a minimum, the financial targets agreed budget and P&L
- Support and develop your team, ensuring that each colleague feels valued, supported, and able to grow both personally and professionally
- Adhering to and ensuring delivery of brand standards
- Overall responsibility for driving consistent high quality customer service and sales
- Lead shifts including opening and closing the unit
What Skills & Knowledge you’ll need
- A proven track record in managing and leading teams in a high volume, retail or catering brand environment
- Previous experience working to and delivering against budgets, P&L, labour costs and ratios and cost saving initiatives
- An ability to build strong and positive relationships with stakeholders
- Previous experience motivating and increasing the performance of your team with mentoring, training, and succession planning.
- An ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment
You may be an assistant general manager or deputy manager who is aspiring to take their career to the next level, or you may already be a manager within the retail, catering or hospitality sectors such as a restaurant manager, general manager, catering manager or store manager looking for that next challenge.
Flexible Working Arrangements
We offer flexible working arrangements, including options to adjust your hours, work compressed schedules, or follow a fixed shift pattern to support your work–life balance.
Where our customer’s journey pauses, yours just begins.
Ready to start your journey with us, Apply today!
*Please note internally this role is called Department Manager
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