Retail General Manager

Job Introduction

• Job Title: Retail General Manager
• £40,700 to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience 
• 40 Hours per week
• 10% Bonus 
• 27 Days holiday per year
• Location is Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL

Join our dynamic team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust as a Retail Operations Manager and lead the way in delivering exceptional service and operational excellence across our retail outlets. In this pivotal role, you will be a key member of the site management team, overseeing popular brands such as Greggs, Subway, coffee shops, and Sodexo branded cafés and offers. Your expertise will ensure outstanding customer experiences, strict compliance, and the maximisation of profitability across multiple locations. You'll support strategic retail initiatives, driving the implementation of tailored offers and innovative solutions to enhance our retail services. If you are a passionate leader with a proven track record in retail operations and a drive for excellence, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Deliver budgeted profit and turnover across all retail outlets.
• Ensure compliance with franchise standards, NHS Trust policies, and Sodexo procedures.
• Manage financial budgets, stock levels, wastage, and labour efficiency.
• Drive customer satisfaction, measured via Clients for Life reviews and audits.
• Recruit, train, and develop retail staff, ensuring performance reviews and career development.
• Ensure the DRIVE system is managed on site and allergens and calories are displayed
• Map and deliver future retail landscape plans
• Liaise with third party contractors to ensure quality and compliance.
• Oversee payroll accuracy and resolve queries promptly.
• Escalate operational, financial, compliance, or reputational risks.
• Provide 7 day cover on a rota basis.
• Lead refurbishment planning and innovation in menus and offers.
• Ensure retail audit tools are in operation and results reported.
• Support promotional programmes and share best practice across sites.
• This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and will be amended in light of the changing needs of the service.

What You Bring:

Essential

• Proven experience managing multi unit retail operations and diverse workforces.
• Experience in franchise management (Greggs, Subway, or equivalent).
• Strong customer facing and retail/sales background with budget accountability.
• Excellent communication skills with patients, visitors, colleagues, and clients.
• Ability to work independently, flexibly, and professionally under pressure.
• Strong literacy and numerical skills.
• Positive attitude, enthusiasm, and team leadership skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Level 3 Food Safety
• Experience in the training and development of staff

Desirable

• HND in Hotel, Catering or Institutional Management
• Experience of working within a unionised environment
• ⁠Experience of collaborative working within a joint hard and soft FM environment

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment 
• Competitive compensation 
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo 

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FM Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services. 

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

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