Team Manager

As a Team Manager of Customer Assistants you'll support your leadership team to ensure that every customer who visits or interacts with your shop,has an exceptional service experience, through the creation of a seamless customer shopping journey.

You'll be an outstanding specialist in people and will lead, inspire and develop your Partners (employees), enabling each of them to reach their full potential.

In addition to your contractual pay, any time worked between 22:00 - 06:00 will attract Night Premium at a rate of £4.50 per hour. This will also apply to existing Partners who have enrolled onto Enhanced Hours Premium arrangements.

Due to the nature of this role, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply. 

Key Responsibilities

Working in our shops as a Team Manager is fast paced and no two days are the same. On a day-to-day basis, you'll be responsible for:

- Striving for high levels of customer and Partner (employee) satisfaction.

- Empowering your team to act with authority and accountability in a culture where they feel supported to grow professionally and feel cared for.

- Building genuine relationships with customers and internal and external stakeholders.

- Working with the wider shop leadership team, taking on duty manager responsibilities when required.

- Through the development of a clear resourcing strategy, you will ensure the recruitment of Partners that have the capability, aspiration and passion to deliver outstanding service.

Essential skills/experience you'll neede

- Experience of leading a large team in a fast-paced, customer focused environment with a proven track record as a specialist in people and driving a culture of empowerment.

Desirable skills/experience you may have

- Disciplinary and Grievance experience.

- Hiring Manager / Recruitment experience.

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.