Assistant Retail Manager

Assistant Retail Manager

Award winning, Daylesford Organic, one of the most famous farming estates and organic producers in the UK. We are looking for an engaging and passionate Assistant Retail Manager to join our team.

The Highlights:

• Competitive pay from £27,000 - £30,000 per annum OTE plus any additional tronc
• Straight shifts, allowing you a great work-life balance
• Daylesford is open 7 days a week, so flexibility to cover weekends as well as opening or closing shifts is essential

Benefits & Perks:

• Daylesford & Bamford 30% discount
• 50% staff lunch discount (in store)
• Bamford 60% discount on skin care range
• 10% Discount across our pub group
• Free food and drink available
• 28 days paid holiday (increasing to 33 days with length of service)
• Training and development to advance your career
• Team member of the month awarded £150 per month (added to your pay)
• Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus up to £1000
• Milestone awards years 1, 5, 10, 15, 20+
• 2x Company parties per year
• Cotswolds farm tour
• Organic veg boxes - seasonal
• Stakeholder pension scheme
• Subsidised private medical insurance

Full access to our Benefits platform:

• Wellness focused – employee helpline, voluntary health cash plan,
• Access to a variety of discounts on retail, restaurants, and cinema tickets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Information and support on financial and health related wellbeing

About you

As an Assistant Retail Manager, you will be able to lead from the front ensuring an excellent customer experience and great food experience is shared with all.

You will be fantastic ambassador of Daylesford able to engage with our customers, welcoming them and advising our great range of organic products, talking confidently and knowledgeably about the seasons, varieties and flavours of our ingredients, and how organic farming enhances the quality and nutrition of our food. 

You will also need to be confident and have experience managing a large team acting as a role model in developing, training and coaching through appraisals and personalised Learning & Development. You’ll be a natural leader with excellent people skills. You will set the standards for your team to follow.

Experience from a similar food retail, deli or café environment would be hugly beneficial.

Main responsibilities

• Act as a role model to your team
• Develop, train and coach your team through appraisal and ‘learning & development’
• Champion full shelves, with 100% accuracy of fixed merchandising, appropriate POS, and pricing
• Manage the retail ordering effectively to ensure minimum waste with full availability
• Accurately handle cash while using our till systems
• Learning about our products/production
• Controlling stock and managing the retail budget and margin
• Assist store management team to ensure the store operates within internal audit requirements

At the core of Daylesford is our care for the environment, our animals, and our people. For over forty years we’ve strived to inspire change and nurture growth, and our teams are made up of people who take pride in what they do every day. We know that together we can make a difference for the future of our planet and the well-being of our customers.

If you would like to be part of our truly unique business – we would love to hear from you. Please send us your CV or contact one of our Recruitment Team to discuss opportunities today.