Farmshop Manager/Supervisor
The Field Farmshop
Bristol•from £13.50ph to £14.50ph - plus added tronc•Full time / Part time
We're looking for an energetic, passionate and customer-focused Farmshop Manager/Supervisor to join our farmshop team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves food, retail and hospitality, enjoys working with people, and wants to play a key role in creating a welcoming farmshop destination that people love to visit.
Working closely with the General and Assistant Manager, you'll help lead the farmshop team day-to-day, ensuring the shop is beautifully presented, well stocked and our customers receive an exceptional experience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and supporting the farmshop team, ensuring the smooth running of each shift.
- Creating a friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable customer experience.
- Overseeing the presentation, availability and quality of farmshop products.
- Supporting opening and closing procedures, cash handling and daily shop operations.
- Monitoring stock levels, deliveries, ordering and minimising waste.
- Ensuring products are correctly priced, labelled and displayed to a consistently high standard.
- Sharing knowledge of our products, local producers and seasonal ranges with customers and the team.
- Dealing confidently and professionally with customer questions, requests and feedback.
- Supporting seasonal promotions, events and new product launches.
- Working closely with the restaurant and wider team to create a joined-up customer experience.
- Supporting and developing team members, helping new colleagues settle into the team.
- Maintaining excellent food safety, health & safety and compliance standards.
- Taking responsibility for the smooth running of the farmshop when required.
What We're Looking For
- Previous experience in retail, farmshop, hospitality, food or customer service.
- Previous supervisory or team-leading experience would be beneficial.
- A genuine passion for great food, local produce and exceptional customer service.
- Friendly, confident and approachable with excellent communication skills.
- Organised and able to manage multiple priorities in a busy environment.
- Someone who enjoys working as part of a team and is happy to lead by example.
- A good understanding of food safety, health & safety and retail standards.
- A genuine enthusiasm for local food, farming and community.
- Someone with energy, initiative and a positive attitude.
- A good eye for detail and pride in creating a beautiful, well-presented shop.
Staff Perks
- A paid day on our Kitchen Farm - Every year, take a paid day away and spend it with our Head Grower on our own farm. A chance to enjoy some fresh air and shore up your knowledge on all things sustainable growing.
- Paid charity day - Take a full paid day off to support a charity of your choice.
- 5 year anniversary gift - To celebrate the bigger milestones, we will gift you with a four-week fully paid sabbatical on your 5th work anniversary with us.
- Birthday break - A day of paid leave for your birthday.
- 50% off food - Enjoy lunch or dinner in any of our sister brand restaurants, Cow & Sow (up to 4 people).
- Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year's Day off - We are closed 25th–26th December & 1st January.
- Discounted farmshop produce - To take home and enjoy for yourself.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Tronc - We ensure everybody is duly rewarded for enhancing our guest experience. We are firm believers that every person within the business is as critical as the other and, for that reason, we ensure tronc is distributed equally amongst all team members relative to the hours worked.
- Access to YuLife - A wellbeing app including employee assistance, a wellness hub, discounts, 24/7 virtual GP service & more.
- Enhanced maternity, adoption & paternity leave - To support our new parents when they are having a baby, we offer enhanced leave. This includes full basic pay for the first 12 weeks of maternity/adoption leave and 2 weeks for paternity leave.
- Up to 50% discount off live sports games - Get discounted tickets to watch Bristol Bears men's and women's rugby, Bristol City men's and women's football and Flyers basketball.
- Full health insurance for selected posts - Including up to 40% discount off selected Health Club and Gym memberships (subject to position and length of employment with the company).
- Wellness and mental health support - Online and/or 1-to-1 support.