Store Manager - Pret A Manager

<p><strong>Store Manager</strong></p><p><strong>£33,000 - £37,000 per annum DOE - 40 hours per week</strong></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:14.6667px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);float:none;display:inline !important;"><strong>Leigh Delamere Services, M4, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6LB</strong></span></p><p>As a Store Manager, you will understand that it is all about people; it’s where we look to create a memorable customer experience. We’ll empower you to treat your restaurant as your own and help shape the winning culture that we are aspiring to achieve.</p><p>As a Store Manager, you’ll lead your team in delivering Pret A Mangers freshly made food, organic coffee and exceptional service as we transform the UK’s rest stop experience.</p><p><strong>What you will get in return as a Store Manager</strong></p><ul><li><p>Annual bonus up to *£7,800pa*</p></li><li><p>Up to 60% colleague discount for you, family, and friends with brands such as Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, M&amp;S Simply Food, Burger King, Greggs, KFC, WHSmith and more</p></li><li><p>Enhanced benefits, including pension, sick pay, maternity, paternity, and life assurance</p></li><li><p>Fabulous development opportunities including funded qualifications, leading to the next step in your career being a Site Operations Manager</p></li></ul><p><strong>What you will be doing as a Store Manager</strong></p><ul><li><p>Ensure that the Pret A Manger unit achieves, as a minimum, the financial targets agreed budget and P&amp;L</p></li><li><p>As a Store Manager you will support and develop your team, ensuring that each colleague feels valued, supported, and able to grow both personal and professionally</p></li><li><p>Adhering to and ensuring delivery of brand standards</p></li><li><p>Overall responsibility for driving consistent high quality customer service and sales</p></li><li><p>Lead shifts including opening and closing the unit</p></li></ul><p><strong>What Skills &amp; Knowledge you’ll need</strong></p><ul><li><p>A proven track record in managing and leading teams in a high volume, retail, or catering brand environment</p></li><li><p>You will have previous experience work to and delivering against budgets, P&amp;L, labour costs and ratios and cost saving initiatives</p></li><li><p>An ability to build strong and positive relationships with stakeholders</p></li><li><p>Previous experience motivating and increasing the performance of your team with mentoring, training, and succession planning.</p></li><li><p>An ability to remain calm under pressure in a pressurised environment</p></li></ul><p>You may be an assistant general manager or deputy manager who is aspiring to take their career to the next level, or you may already be a manager within the retail, catering or hospitality sectors such as a restaurant manager, general manager, catering manager or store manager looking for that next challenge. We want to hear from you!</p><p><strong>We offer flexible working arrangements, including full or part time hours, as well as wherever we can compress or a fixed shift pattern to support your work life balance.</strong></p><p><strong>Where our customer’s journey pauses, yours just begins.</strong></p><p><strong>Ready to start you journey with us, Apply today!</strong></p><p>*Please note internally this role is called Department Manager</p><p>*Annual bonus of up to 20%, final value subject to location and performance</p><p><span>INDDM</span></p><p>Want to know what it's like to work for us? Find out from our colleague Scarlett</p><figure><img src="https://images.teamtailor-cdn.com/images/s3/teamtailor-production/gallery_picture-v6/image_uploads/da247395-fad7-4788-9a92-8d66a0c2ffa9/original.jpeg" alt="Careers Website Banner September 2025.jpg" title=""></figure>