Argos Shift Manager at Sainsbury's

Sefton, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

08 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Feb, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Customer Service, Coaching, Team Motivation, Sales Performance, Operational Leadership, KPI Achievement, Commercial Awareness, Product Knowledge, Growth Mindset, Problem Solving

Industry

Retail

Description

About the role: Argos Shift Managers are responsible for managing shifts within our Argos stores, inspiring and motivating teams and being the go–to people for on-the-job support. They coach colleagues in store to ensure everyone can deliver brilliantly for our customers whilst also working alongside the team on the shop floor. Often, they’ll get to lead the full store operation in the absence of the Store Manager, ensuring the resource is allocated to deliver day-to-day tasks such as organising the warehouse, taking deliveries and serving our customers. They’re experts in our products and services, focusing on driving sales and profitability. What makes a brilliant Argos Shift Manager: Has experience of organising, running, and planning for a fast-paced operation. Is comfortable directing a team, providing day-to-day coaching and on-the-spot guidance to support the delivery of brilliant experiences for both colleagues and customers. Support the Store Manager in ensuring the store is safe and compliant. Demonstrates strong commercial awareness, such as having product knowledge. An Argos Shift Manager should use this commercial awareness to really understand our customers, in turn, driving sales. Can work towards and deliver KPIs with the aim of driving profitability for the store Has a growth mindset and a drive for personal growth, whilst helping others to grow Essential Criteria: A track record of delivering brilliant customer service and coaching colleagues to do the same. Experience of motivating others, driving sales and performance, and keeping operations running smoothly. You go above and beyond to make shopping easy, fast, and friendly for every customer. Operational leadership skills — you’ve taken responsibility for operations in the absence of management. Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs — whether it’s sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement, you’ve made a measurable impact. You walk the talk — showing up every day as a role model for service and values. What we offer: We truly value our colleagues and provide a market-leading benefits package: Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day. Free food and hot drinks are provided for Colleagues in all our stores. Generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity leave. Pension – we’ll match 4% of your contributions, and if you change your pension plan, you may receive more from us. Sainsbury’s share scheme – build up an investment at discounted rates Wellbeing support – access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice Colleague networks – link with like-minded people to help fulfil your potential. Our Cycle to Work scheme gives you the opportunity to hire a new bike and cycling equipment, whilst saving on tax and NI. Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more. Sainsbury’s company vision Our vision is to be the most trusted retailer, where people love to work and shop. That means harnessing the talent, creativity and diversity of our colleagues to ensure that customers receive great service every time they shop with us. If you would like to hear more about our vision and values, be sure to visit our corporate page. We invest in training, development and multiple initiatives to ensure our teams feel enabled to offer the best shopping experience to our customers and that Sainsbury’s is truly a ‘Great Place to Work’. We’re in the business of looking after our biggest asset. Our people. That means making it our business to properly take care of the potential and wellbeing of our truly outstanding teams. Join us in HR, and we’ll make it yours too. They bring the spark, the funny, the graft, the grit. And they’re literally the most important asset we have. So it’s in our interests to give the people at Sainsbury’s everything they need to feel valued, engaged and motivated, and truly able to shine. That’s where our HR colleagues have a pivotal role to play. From our ‘centre of excellence’ teams in Reward and Recruitment, through to our core teams in Change and Talent, they’re creating environments that allow our colleagues to thrive and we’re proud of their incredible ability to understand Sainsbury’s inside out.

Responsibilities

Argos Shift Managers manage shifts, inspire teams, and provide on-the-job support. They lead store operations in the absence of the Store Manager and ensure day-to-day tasks are completed efficiently.