Homebase – acquired In February 2016 by Bunnings, the leading retailer of home improvement and outdoor living products in Australia and New Zealand - is changing thanks to substantial investment from our new owners.

Already the second largest home improvement and garden retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Homebase operates out of 260 stores and employs more than 13,000 team members so if you join us, you’ll be joining a big family that we hope will get even bigger in the future.

As a Team Leader in our Bedford St Johns? store you will play a key role in the smooth, effective running of the store, leading a team of colleagues to ensure the highest standards of customer service and store operating practices are achieved at all times, all the while ensuring the workplace is safe place to work and shop and maintained in accordance with company guidelines. 

Does this sound like you? We hope so, let us tell you more about this vacancy in our Bedford St Johns? store. 

If you are successful in joining us your role will be varied as you will:

Need to ensure all areas of the store, especially Customer Services and the Checkouts, are well presented and ready to assist customers in having a great shopping experience;
Recruit, schedule and train colleagues effectively to support and deliver the best in-store experience for customers;
Take personal responsibility to protect the safety of our customers, colleagues and the Company;
Develop yourself and others in technical ability (e.g. product knowledge) and behavioural skills (e.g. communication skills).

In order to succeed in this role, you need:

1 years supervisory experience, preferably in a retail environment;
Excellent communication skills;
To have a logical mind, with a proven ability to implement process and procedure;
An ability to work methodically, under pressure and have a firm understanding of workload planning and organisational skills;
A passion around striving for excellence of standards, people and process;
Confidence to drive a team with authority and respect and engagement.

The hours per week for this role are 39 Hours per week and likely to include working evenings and/or weekends.

Under our new ownership, Homebase is committed to offering customers a wide range of home improvement and garden products at ‘always low prices’. We also want to provide the best possible service and that is where we hope you will come in.

Should you join us you will not only get company benefits including in-store discounts, 22 days holiday (pro rata), and company pension scheme to mention a few, you will joining a company that has a real team ethic and we want everyone to be proud to work for us and gain a sense of achievement from their work. And also have some fun along the way!