Retail Merchandising Team Leader
3 days ago
Leicester
Job Title: Advanced Team Leader – Retail Merchandising Location: Field-based / Nationwide travel (Greater Manchester and surrounding regions — no fixed base; travel to store required) Pay: Up to £14.32 per hour (dependent on experience) + £5 per shift for driving team members Hours: Up to 50 hours per week across 10-hour shifts, including days and nights. Intermittent contract — core team members typically work consistently across c.44 weeks per year, with a break in December. Number of vacancies: Up to 6 About the Role We're recruiting Advanced Team Leaders to manage retail merchandising teams delivering store openings, reflows and closures for major national retailers including Sainsbury's, Boots and B&Q. You'll lead a team of minimum wage workers through full store footprint remerchandising projects, working hands-on alongside them throughout. Extensive travel is required, with all travel and accommodation covered. This is a physical, fast-paced role suited to someone who thrives leading teams in a live retail environment. Key Responsibilities • Lead and manage a team on-site to remerchandise entire store footprints, • Oversee stock dressing and stock replenishment, • Manage store systems, including scanning stock in and out of location, • Handle equipment profiling (e.g. peg tin, shelving) — full builds not required, • Manage shelf point-of-sale and shelf-edge price ticketing, • Manage team performance and behaviour in person, addressing issues as they arise, • Act as the customer-facing point of contact on-site, • Work hands-on alongside the team to deliver projects to standard and on time Person Specification Essential: • Strong people management experience, ideally including managing behavioural or performance issues face-to-face, • Resilient, well organised and a confident communicator, • Comfortable with physical work and hands-on delivery, • Willing and able to travel extensively, including overnight stays, • Willing to work flexible shifts, including nights and weekends Desirable: • Previous experience as a Retail Duty Manager or similar, • Full UK driving licence (drivers receive an additional £5 per shift) What We Offer • Competitive hourly pay, up to £14.32/hour, • Travel and accommodation paid, • Additional £5 per shift for drivers, • Consistent work for core team members across c.44 weeks of the year