Deputy Manager

Deputy Managers at Home Bargains develop their team to achieve store targets and deliver the best store standards for our customers.

Deputy Managers are required to successfully complete the Store Management Induction within the first 6 weeks of starting. This is a comprehensive 6 week programme which is completed via our online learning platform. This means that :

The training is led by you

You are supported throughout by your Store Manager and the Training Team

Your induction is a blended approach with the majority of your learning being completed on the shop floor

On successful completion of your induction your Store Manager will continue with your ongoing development in store.

Package

32,568

5.6 weeks paid holiday per year including bank and public holiday allowance rising to 6.6 weeks upon 5 years' service

Invest : Grow with Us store management training programme

Contributable Company pension scheme

Staff uniform

10% store discount

Access to social and sporting events

Employee benefits

MyHB employee benefits platform with access to :

Retail and leisure discounts plus hundreds more

Free Financial Advice

Bank your savings into an ISA

24 / 7 confidential counselling and advice line

Low cost voluntary insured health plans

Job Overview

Ensure a healthy and safe environment for your store colleagues and customers

Work with your management team to agree and set achievable performance and development goals for store colleagues

Review and manage Store Colleague and Team Leader performance

Support your management team with recruitment and selection activities of your store team

Ensure your team is up-to-date on store ways of working, standards and compliance

Coach and support your team to enable them to deliver on store priorities while delivering excellent store and compliance standards

Deliver and regularly review immediate and short term store performance priorities with your Store Manager

Support on planning and communicating store promotions and initiatives

Provide suggestions and action priorities to maximise store space to promote our products

Ensure colleagues deliver our merchandising standards

Minimum Criteria To Apply

Experience of supervising small to medium-size retail teams in a fast-moving retail environment to achieve a high weekly sales target

Demonstrate the following competencies :

Prioritise and organise work

Customer focus

Communicate effectively

Manage teams

Problem solve

Develop talent

Commercially astute

About The CompanyTJ Morris Limited trading as Home Bargains is a privately owned family run discount retailer selling top brands at the lowest possible price on the UK high street.

Having started 45 years ago in Liverpool our customers continue to be at the heart of everything we do and throughout our 580 stores we have over 5 million customers each week.

With plans to increase our store portfolio to 1,000 stores throughout the UK we are a fast-paced retailer opening 50 stores a year (nearly one every weekend) with a typical annual turnover of £3 - 5m per store - and we wouldn't have it any other way!