Assistant Manager

Job description

Assistant Manager (Compliance & Customer Trading) | Food Retail | £38-42,000

Zachary Daniels Retail Recruitment has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Manager / Retail Operations Manager / Compliance Manager to join an established food retail business. This is an extremely important role in our client's structure and will involve a high level of responsibility for ensuring your store trades in a safe and legal manner.

As an in-store Assistant Manager in a large format store, you will be primarily responsible for supporting all aspects of operations in a large format store. You will be experienced in all elements of compliance including stock management, wastage control, managing hours, rota development and health & safety.

Our client can offer lots of career progression, a great working environment and the opportunity to support a strong leadership team.

Key responsibilities as an Assistant Manager:

• You will be a passionate leader who is able to make an impact on an established store
• As an Assistant Manager, you will take pride in your work and inspire those around you to reach your standards
• Support responsibility for all operational aspects of the store
• Audit and training of safe and legal standards
• Rota planning and hours control
• Cost control and waste management

As this is a management role, we are seeking a proven retail professional. You will be able to support and lead your team to make an impact in the business. We are keen to speak to managers from fast-paced food environments who have worked in supermarkets and can bring their skills and knowledge to a new business.

The successful Assistant Manager, will be focused on high store standards, motivated to deliver great service to customers and passionate about retail management. Experience in a large supermarket or big-box store is advantageous, allowing you to hit the ground running and bring valuable knowledge to succeed.

We are keen to recruit a proven retail professional who is ambitious to progress their career with a business that is developing at a great rate. This role comes with a great range of benefits, fantastic working hours and a first-class, people-focused culture. If you have a strong operational background or experience in retail compliance, apply now for an immediate chat.

BH35970

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Edinburgh City Centre

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

£45,000 Per Month

Published at

09-05-2026

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English