Sainsburys Job Vacancies – Area Manager

Job Description:

As an Area Manager you will lead and inspire the area team to deliver a great shopping experience for our customers by ensuring great service, operational processes and standards. Coach the area team to develop commercial business plans, delivering profitable stores. Consistently lead by example, managing risk and creating a safe and legal environment, whilst delivering a great place to work for the area team. Reports into the Head of Stores and is accountable for all aspects of the area operation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead an area team of up to 25 store managers in a positive way, providing direction and applying sound judgements to decision making for the area, our customers and colleagues, role modelling our values and leading the team towards our vision
• Lead an area of local stores with typical annual turnover of £48.5million, identifying and prioritising area resources, driving a sales culture, promoting service and controlling costs to deliver profit
• Deliver robust commercially focused area business plans which support regional plans. Actively share experience and knowledge to develop commercial acumen in the area team, to ensure everyone understands the part they play in delivering sales and store results. Manage typical costs totalling £575,500 and annual gross profit of £17.5 million
• Exercise excellent remote leadership across multiple sites, prioritising store visits by risk, providing direction, support and coaching to the area team
• Develop strategic commercial business plans, working within defined budgets to deliver area key performance indicators, continually seeking to drive performance
• Role model safe and legal compliance, coaching the store management teams to ensure a safe and legal store
• Own the area training plan, ensuring talent is grown to support and drive store performance, new store openings and area/regional succession plans
• Develop a strong network across the region, integrating well with peers. Foster strong relationships with area, regional and central teams and third party suppliers to deliver operational excellence

Job Requirements:

• Expert on store processes and routines, providing guidance on area business continuity plans, escalation routes and service level agreements
• Fully understand corporate policies and procedures, competently applying those relevant to the job role and coaching others
• Experience of multisi
• Hold the IOSH qualification, understanding the legal implications relating to the role and being competent in Safe & Legal procedures
• Have the technical knowledge and ability to operate PC applications
• Commercially astute, being able to access and analyse performance reports, competently translating results into area business plans, sharing store performance and up skilling store managers appropriately
• Know the learning and development offer available for self and the area management team, appreciating different learning styles and awareness of the routes for career progression
• Apply engaging negotiation, influence and motivation techniques to gain the hearts and minds of colleagues through change

Job Details:

Company:  Sainsburys Jobs

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Derby, England, UK

Application Deadline: N/A

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