Retail Merchandising Team Leader

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 re-merchandising 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 re-merchandise 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

• 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
• 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

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