Store Development Assistant

1 week ago

Lime Kiln Way Lincoln, United Kingdom Lincolnshire Co-op Full time £20,000 - £40,000 per year


Our food stores are at the heart of our communities and our colleagues work hard each day to make sure our stores are clean and full, ready to serve our customers and members. Our Store Development team contribute to this, working with the food store teams to create new shopping experiences for our communities alongside managing the refurbishment of our existing stores. 
 
An opportunity has now arisen for a Store Development Assistant to join Store Development Team. You will be based at the Store Development office at Lime Kiln Way, Lincoln, but will spend much of your time working at the food stores across our trading area. Generally, hours will be worked Monday to Friday between 8.00am to 6.00pm although you will be required to work evenings and weekends during refurbishment projects and to set up new builds ready for trade.

Reporting to the Store Development Manager, you will assist in all aspects of store alterations and refurbishments, maintaining a high and consistent merchandising standard throughout all projects. You will help to ensure that store developments are customer friendly at all times, while maintaining a safe and efficient working environment.
 
Please refer to the downloadable job description available on this page for more information. 

About You

We're not looking for any specific experience or qualifications – we'll provide you with all the training you'll need It's your personality, skills, motivation, and values that matter the most to us. We'll need you to demonstrate:
  • Excellent communication and listening skills to help adapt to a fast-paced retail environment.
  • The ability to work well as part of a team.
  • An enthusiastic approach and willingness to support your colleagues.
  • Reliability and being able to take responsibility for being at work on time.
  • That you can help us achieve our purpose by being inspiring, helpful, and trustworthy

To be considered for this role, you must hold a full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle for business use as travel will be required across our trading area.

Benefits:

In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:

  • 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) (pro-rata)
  • Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
  • Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
  • Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work
  • Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work

We are an "Investors in People - Platinum" employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country's top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you'll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you're thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we'll work together with you to shape your career for the better.



About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We're proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we're a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on , or alternatively you can email [email protected].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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