Area Manager - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Area Manager - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• This is a field based role covering North Nottingham area. Ideally, you’ll live within this area

Main Responsibilities

As an Area Manager you’ll:

• Develop and implement shop operation plans and regularly review performance with shop managers to ensure agreed levels of sales growth

• Contribute to the development of the regional sales plan

• Promote brand excellence across shop management teams driving forward initiatives to improve standards

• Implement and monitor brand marketing material and displays in shops

• Lead a team in line with the values, with high visibility throughout the shops, promoting a culture of achievement and responsibility

• Recruit and develop effective shop management teams in line with shop plan requirements

• Agree territory recruitment plans in line with business needs and agreed budget

• Monitor food safety / health & safety practices across the territory ensuring compliance with brand standards and areas of risk to the business are minimised

• Plan and control shop manning rotas in line with agreed costs

• Monitor key cost control areas and take appropriate action to evaluate and question variances

Ideal Candidate

You will fit right into this role if you can demonstrate:

• Experience of leading a high performing shop management team across multiple sites

• Experience of accountability for delivering key sales and profit targets through effective team management

• Experience of developing a team through succession planning

• A proven track record for delivering excellent standards across multiple sites

• An ability to make decisions confidently

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to communicate at all levels

• IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams

• Strong logical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and reports to identify current and potential problems and develop and implement workable solutions

• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together

• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good

• Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!