Operations Manager - Hull

Operations Manager -  Hull
£58,650 - £69,000 plus excellent benefits including company car (Work level 5) 
12-month secondment
Remote role with significant travel across Hull area

We’re looking for an Operations Manager to join us and help us lead, empower, and coach a team of Store Managers. You’ll support stores across Hull and the surrounding areas to deliver our Co-op purpose and vision of co-operating to build more value for our member owners every day. You’ll need to actively model our Co-op values and behaviours to create an inclusive culture where every colleague can reach their potential and thrive, and our society benefits from what we do. If you’ve got the strong leadership skills to manage a team remotely, then we can offer you the opportunity to grow your career and make a real impact across our business.

What you’ll do

•    Provide leadership to store managers for convenience stores driving capability and growing talent
•    Deliver commercial, customer, colleague and people measures within agreed budgets 
•    Lead and deliver operational omni channel plans in service of our vision and to grow our business
•    Enable and empower teams to deliver our store purpose and our vision of co-operating safely and legally for a fairer world for our colleagues, customers, and communities 
•    Direct energy and focus on the right places depending on the mission of the stores in your wider team

What you’ll bring

We’re committed to making our roles as accessible as possible, so we only ask for the minimum criteria. To thrive here, you’ll need to bring:

•    Significant experience of motivating, developing and performance managing colleagues to inspire operational excellence across multi-site teams
•    The ability to interact with and understand others, develop new relationships, and build on existing relationships
•    Experience in leading sustainable change on multiple activities 
•    A proven track record of significantly improving commercial delivery and leadership within a fast-paced environment
•    Experience of managing multiple partners and influencing others to make sure that the needs of colleagues, customers and members are met
•    The ability to develop area plans in line with customer, commercial and operational strategy, as well as succession plans for colleagues

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

•    An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
•    28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
•    A pension with up to 10% employer contributions 
•    Private healthcare
•    Company car
•    Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ) 
•    30% discount on Co-op products and 10% off other brands 
•    Stream – early access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it 
•    Virtual healthcare including GP appointments, mental health support, nutrition and fitness advice 
•    24/7 colleague support service 
•    Training and support for your development and career progression
•    Cycle-to-work scheme

A place you’ll belong

We’re building diverse and inclusive teams that reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to creating a workplace where colleagues can feel like they belong, supported by our inclusive policies and the ways we work.

We’re proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme and offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a job. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll support you.

Learn more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process and our inclusion commitments at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.