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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 Leader/Deputy Store Manager for our new store in Haninge, opening in Autumn 2026!

Your Role

As a Sales Leader/Deputy Store Manager at Lidl, you are the Store Manager's right-hand person and have a key place in the store management team. 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. You naturally participate in daily store operations and work together with the team to provide our customers with the best possible store experience.

The role includes responsibilities 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 performance indicators (KPIs)
• Coordinating and organizing induction and further training for all store employees
• You also have overall responsibility for store operations when the Store Manager is not on site

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 skilled 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 a given for you. Furthermore, 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.

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

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. Quickly. Within your role, or towards another. In the same location, or elsewhere. In the store, warehouse, or 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 leave 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, here is how you apply for the position:

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

Recruitment is conducted with rolling selections, so we appreciate that you send your application as soon as possible. Our recruitment process consists of tests, phone interviews, personal interviews, and digital reference checks. Please contact us if you have specific needs for adjustments regarding the selection tests.

The position is a permanent employment with an initial probationary period, starting September 1st. As 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 within 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, sustainable, high-quality food 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 a Career Company!