Job description
- Friendly and thoughtful service – you’ll give friendly, welcoming, easy, helpful and thoughtful service every day, often taking ownership for managing the store and handling challenging situations
- Engage with everyone to succeed together – you’ll build your team’s capability through coaching and training, and create an inclusive culture where everyone feels respected, valued and able to speak their mind
- Make sure the store is safe, legal and operational – you’ll manage diligence checks and stock accuracy to make sure our customers have a quick and easy shopping experience, and support your store manager with HR processes
- Embrace change – you’ll help to lead change in store, working closely with your team to land new ways of working, and encouraging them to provide open and honest feedback on change activities
- Co-operate for a fairer world – you’ll build relationships and get involved with your local community, working closely with your local member pioneer to help them with the development and delivery of their Co-op community plan
- genuine care for the needs of customers and colleagues
- the ability to strike a balance between leading the team and supporting on the shopfloor
- great communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with all kinds of people
- strong organisational and problem solving skills
- a desire to learn, grow and develop your skills
- the flexibility to work a range of shifts
- competitive pay and opportunities for overtime
- Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- premium rates for hours worked before 6am or after 10pm
- flexible shifts/working hours and regular overtime opportunities (we provide rotas to your mobile phone 3 weeks in advance)
- Holidays starting from 36 days per year (includes bank holidays) pro rata for part time
- 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (normally 20%) increased until April 2023 to support our colleagues during the cost-of-living crisis
- 10% off other brands all year-round (doubles to 20% on the Friday and Saturday after payday)
- discounts on other Co-op products and services
- pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- cycle to work scheme
- services to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.
If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.
Both Co-op and Asda acknowledge that this agreement constitutes a TUPE transfer, which means should you successfully apply for this job and be employed by Co-op, we need to make you aware that you may eventually transfer to Asda Stores Limited.