English Borders- Store Manager Opportunities

About the role

Our Store Managers work with real purpose, bringing a proactive attitude to lead store operations, support teams, and deliver a welcoming shopping experience every day. Reporting directly to the Regional Manager, you’ll take full ownership of your store – leading a wider team of up to 350 colleagues, driving business performance, and ensuring our core supermarket offering is strong and competitive. You’ll set the culture, lead from the floor, develop future talent, drive sales and standards, and connect with the local community.

Responsibilities

• Set the culture: Create an inclusive, high‑performing environment where colleagues feel supported, valued, and listened to.
• Lead from the front: Spend time on the shop floor and across Market Street, coaching your team, keeping standards high, and making sure our foodmaker credentials shine.
• Develop future talent: Build a strong succession plan by coaching, mentoring, and developing your management team to become the future leaders of our business.
• Drive sales and standards: Keep your store safe, legal, and clean while analysing commercial data to spot opportunities, manage costs, and keep shelves well‑stocked.
• Connect with the community: Partner with your local area, empowering Community Champions and tailoring your store to make good things happen locally.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing a large, fast‑paced team within food retail.
• Leads through continuous coaching, giving meaningful feedback and building real trust across the store.
• Strong retail operational knowledge and a genuine passion for food retail and Market Street.
• Ability to analyse store performance data, act on feedback, and make sound commercial decisions.
• Collaborative, adaptable leadership style with a real interest in team development and wellbeing.

Benefits

• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Car allowance
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from day one
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities (Leadership School)
• Subsidised in‑store cafe or shop floor ranges
• Free parking
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Further healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP ‘MyPerks’ with discounts at high‑street shops, cinemas and gyms
• Optional payroll charity donations
• Family‑friendly policies: 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave, plus neonatal and fertility leave