Supermarket Assistant, Team Leader

Due to working time regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply.

Duties & Responsibilities:

As Partners - members of the Partnership - it's our responsibility to ensure our success for the future. We proactively seek out opportunities to continuously improve the way we work, taking action to ensure the Partnership is efficient and we are all as productive as possible. It's an ethos each and every Partner works by and you'll carry into your own role too.

The role of the Team Leader is to support shop Leadership teams to deliver operational and service excellence, by engaging, motivating and leading Partners to meet daily operational requirements. This will involve a range of tasks including the advising and serving of customers, moving and replenishing stock, carrying out housekeeping activities and handling cash and card transactions according to set procedures. You and your Partners may be expected to work in any area of the branch to support the wider team as required and to maintain the necessary business dress and hygiene standards.

Waitrose & Partners is all about enriched experiences and that goes for our people – our Partners – as much as our customers. We want you to enjoy your work and share your passion for food with our customers so we will train you, treat you respectfully and then reward you by giving you a share in the profits, for pulling it all together and being part of our success. We are looking for someone who keeps up to date on food and drink trends, knows our products, takes pride in whatever they do, carrying out everything to the highest standards, making sure the shop floor is shipshape, ready for when our customers arrive. Whether they are shopping for a healthy lunch, a top up on fresh fruit and veg, the weekly shop or a special occasion, we want every customer to enjoy their shopping experience, confident in our products and confident in our Partners.

We are inviting applicants who wish to develop their career with Waitrose and to take on supervisory responsibilities within the operation after successfully completing training

Desired Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

Experience in a customer facing selling or service environment

Additional Information:

As a Partner you will enjoy our unique benefits package including staff discount, subsidised food in Partner dining rooms, discounts in local restaurants, subsidised learning, access to exclusive Partnership hotels and so much more.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications therefore we recommend you apply early.