Customer and Trading Manager - Convenience

Salary: From £30,450
Location: Cheltenham Bath Road Local Store, Cheltenham, GL53 7LT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Retail
Closing date: 28 November 2025
Requisition ID: 400037289

Leading in our stores:

Our management teams don’t just run stores - they’re the driving force behind our business. With bold leadership, a passion for service and an eye for opportunity, they empower teams to raise the bar every single day for our customers. Whether it's product availability, safety standards, or delivering seamless daily operations, they’re hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up changemakers. And the impact? Work becomes more rewarding for our colleagues, and shopping becomes a next-level experience for every customer who walks through our doors. This is how we bring our purpose to life, one powerful action at a time.

What you’ll be doing:

Working closely with a small team of managers to make sure the store runs like clockwork every day.
Taking responsibility for the day to running of the store, often being the only manager in with accountability for the full shop.
Work alongside a team to complete all tasks, ensuring our customers are served efficiently and safely.
People management is also big part of the role, managing performance and capability, conducting disciplinaries and ensuring scheduling and pay are accurate.
Where we have close knit networks of convenience stores it may mean that you need to help another store now and then.

What makes a great customer & trading manager:

Previous line management responsibilities in a fast-paced, operational environment.
Provides brilliant customer service, and coaches a team to do the same.
Delivers KPI's or other performance indicators.
Can manage disciplinaries, performance issues or other similar employee relations issues.
Leads operations and comfortable doing this alone in the absence of more senior management.

Essential Criteria:

A track record of delivering brilliant customer service and coaching colleagues to do the same.
Experience of leading a team in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment — you’ve motivated others, driven performance, and kept operations running smoothly.
Operational leadership skills  — you’ve taken responsibility for store operations in the absence of more senior managers.
Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding KPIs — whether it’s sales, availability, customer satisfaction or colleague engagement, you’ve made a measurable impact.
Has managed employee relations issues, including performance and absence management.

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