Farro Store Manager – 12 Months Parental Leave Cover
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Leads a busy retail grocery store, coaching the team and driving customer experience, commercial results, and operational excellence.
About this role
Farro has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Store Manager to join our Farro family on a parental leave cover in our Orakei store.
At Farro, we spice up the food shopping experience and turn it into a culinary adventure. We’re passionate about exceptional food, outstanding customer experiences, and creating stores where our teams can thrive.
We’re looking for a driven and empowering leader who can take ownership of the store, inspire their team, and deliver strong operational and commercial results.
About the role
As Store Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of bringing the Farro experience to life. You’ll lead from the front, creating an environment where exceptional customer service, high standards and a passion for food are part of every day.
Your responsibilities will broadly include:
- Leading, coaching and empowering the store team to deliver an exceptional customer experience
- Developing our future leaders and creating a positive, high-performing team culture
- Driving store KPI performance and taking ownership of commercial results
- Ensuring high standards of store presentation, product availability and operational excellence
- Working collaboratively with department leaders and the wider Farro team
- Championing Health & Safety, Food Safety and compliance standards across the store
- Using your leadership initiative to think and act like a store owner, bringing energy, accountability and passion to your store every day
Who are we looking for?
You’ll be an experienced retail leader who loves being on the floor, working alongside your team and creating an environment where both our customers and people have a great experience.
Ideally, you’ll bring:
- Proven experience leading a busy retail store or large team
- A customer-led philosophy and genuine passion for delivering outstanding service
- Strong coaching and people leadership skills, with a focus on developing future leaders
- The ability to drive KPI performance and influence the actions needed to achieve results
- Strong commercial and operational acumen
- Confidence managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- A hands-on leadership style with plenty of energy and initiative
- A genuine passion for food and the Farro experience
We won’t lie this is a busy, hands-on and dynamic role, so we’re looking for someone who enjoys being amongst the action and can bring their team along for the ride.
Why join us?
- Empowerment: Be part of a team that values empowerment, collaboration and celebrating success.
- Growth: Help develop our future leaders and make a genuine impact within the Farro family.
- Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your birthday, on us!
- Team member discount: Enjoy discounts across all our delicious Farro products.
- Free barista coffee: Enjoy a coffee on us while you’re at work!
If you’re ready to bring your retail leadership expertise, business savvy, customer obsession and unwavering love for exceptional food to Farro, we’d love to hear from you.
Don’t delay – apply today!
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