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Job Pitch

Are you a service professional who wants to contribute to fantastic customer experiences? Are you also a master at inspiring and developing people? At #teamlidl, we help each other succeed. And we grow together. We are now looking for an engaged Sales Manager/Deputy Store Manager to join our team!

Your Role

As a Sales Manager/Deputy Store Manager at Lidl, you are the store manager's right hand and have a key place in the store management. You motivate and inspire the store team to reach their full potential every day and ensure that tasks are performed efficiently, correctly, and on time. Of course, you participate in the daily store work and work together with the team to give our customers the best store experience.

The role includes tasks such as:

• Ensuring and delivering excellent customer service in the store
• Supporting the store manager in daily operations and ensuring results are achieved by leading, motivating, and developing store staff, while participating in daily work as a role model
• Ensuring the store meets our core pillars of customer friendliness, product availability, freshness, cleanliness, and profitability
• Working target-oriented with the store's key figures
• Coordinating and organizing induction and further training for all store employees
• You also have total responsibility for store operations when the store manager is not present

Your Profile

We are looking for you who have experience leading and developing teams in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment. You have good problem-solving skills and are good at planning and delegating tasks. You are driven by your strong customer focus and always prioritize the customer experience. Exceeding set goals and maximizing productivity in your work together with the team is something you see as a given. In addition, you are a good communicator and can develop the team and the store through feedback.

We also look for you to:

• Have a completed upper secondary education or equivalent, preferably with a focus on commerce.
• Fluently master Swedish in both speech and writing.

We consider it an advantage if you have previous experience working as a Deputy Store Manager, Store Manager, or Department Manager in the grocery retail sector or another service-oriented industry.

What We Offer

You will work in an environment characterized by our values: performance, respect, trust, down-to-earth attitude, and community. Because we are growing, you can grow. Fast. Within your role, or towards another. In the same place, or somewhere else. In-store, warehouse, office. Locally, nationally, or globally. We support you on your journey towards more responsibility and new challenges. You become part of a large team where everyone rolls up their sleeves and helps out. You receive everything from wellness benefits, parental allowance supplements, and employee discounts in our stores to free counseling from psychologists, lawyers, and economists, as well as numerous offers via our benefits portal. Naturally, you are also covered by collective agreements and a pension plan.

Do you want to be part of our journey?

If the answer is YES, then apply for the job like this:

• Click on “Apply”
• Fill in the form
• Attach your CV

The recruitment is done with continuous selection, which is why we would appreciate it if you sent your application as soon as possible. Our recruitment process consists of tests, phone interview, personal interview, and digital reference checking. Contact us if you have a special need for adaptation regarding the selection tests.

The position is a two-year fixed-term contract starting as agreed. Since the store is open every day of the week, work will be scheduled including early morning shifts, day shifts, evening shifts, and weekend shifts.

If you have questions about the position or the application process, please contact the recruitment team via email: [email protected].

We look forward to your application!

About Lidl

We are a Swedish company in a large, international family. With more than 5,000 employees across the country, you will never get lost in the crowd. Instead, you are part of making our fantastic journey possible. Convinced that good and sustainable food of high quality should not cost an arm and a leg, we challenge the Swedish food industry. Take the chance to work for an employer certified as a Top Employer and also named Career Company!