Lead Nightshift Manager

What you’ll be doing: • Lead and manage a small team of managers overnight, and together with your colleagues, deliver all replenishment activities ready for our customers the following morning  • Planning for upcoming key trading activities and events by working closely with the rest of the store leadership team. • People management, including pay and scheduling routines, training, communication and employee relation activities such as managing performance, absence, and completing disciplinaries.  • Regularly taking full accountability for the store overnight, role modelling and coaching for high standards and efficiency across the store.  • Take accountability for the health and safety of every one of the colleagues who works with you on a shift. Our nightshift managers work full-time hours over 4 nights, as well as receiving a £4,500 premium on top of their base salary (Our nightshifts typically run from 22:00 – 08:00). What makes a great lead nightshift manager: • Someone who is comfortable with nightshift working and is adaptable to the physical and mental impact of these shift patterns, and understands the importance of providing a safe and healthy environment for their team • A passionate leader who is consistently ambitious for their customers and colleagues, every day, growing their team to do the same. • Experience of managing managers, in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment. • An operator who is comfortable managing alone in the absence of more senior management. • Driven to deliver high performance with a focus on efficiency and engagement. • Confident in the use of data, and understanding / interpreting KPI's or other performance indicators, and has experience of improving these. • Puts inclusivity at the heart of what they do and uses this to build an inclusive team and working environment. • Can manage disciplinaries, performance issues or other similar employee relations issues (Up to dismissal). Essential Criteria: • Experience leading large teams in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment — you’ve developed leaders, built high-performing teams, and created a culture of ownership and accountability. • A track record of delivering exceptional customer experiences across complex operations, with evidence of delivering these through your team. • Proven success in delivering and improving KPIs — from sales and stock availability to customer satisfaction and colleague engagement, you’ve driven results that matter. • Experience managing sensitive and complex people matters, including performance, absence, and formal employee relations cases, with confidence, fairness, and sound judgement. • Leadership experience in an operational environment — whether in retail, hospitality, or food service — where you’ve owned departmental performance and confidently led the store in the absence of senior leadership. • Can evidence leading change — whether rolling out new ways of working, embedding new systems, or shifting team mindsets, you’ve brought people with you and made change stick. • Desirable • Demonstrated experience working night shifts in a high-volume, operational environment — you’ve adapted to the physical and mental demands of overnight working and created a safe, supportive atmosphere for your team during out-of-hours trading.