Assistant Manager

  • Zachary Daniels Recruitment
  • City, Edinburgh
  • Apr 23, 2026
Full time Retail

Job Description

Assistant Manager (Compliance & Customer Trading) Food Retail 38-42,000

Zachary Daniels Retail Recruitment has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assistant Manager / Retail Operations Manager / Compliance Manager to join an established food retail business. This is an extremely important role in our client's structure and will involve a high level of responsibility for ensuring your store trades in a safe and legal manner.

As an in-store Assistant Manager in a large format store, you will be primarily responsible for supporting all aspects of operations in a large format store. You will be experienced in all elements of compliance including stock management, wastage control, managing hours, rota development and health & safety.

Our client can offer lots of career progression, a great working environment and the opportunity to support a strong leadership team.

Key responsibilities as an Assistant Manager:

  • You will be a passionate leader who is able to make an impact on an established store
  • As an Assistant Manager, you will take pride in your work and inspire those around you to reach your standards
  • Support responsibility for all operational aspects of the store
  • Audit and training of safe and legal standards
  • Rota planning and hours control
  • Cost control and waste management

As this is a management role, we are seeking a proven retail professional. You will be able to support and lead your team to make an impact in the business. We are keen to speak to managers from fast-paced food environments who have worked in supermarkets and can bring their skills and knowledge to a new business.

The successful Assistant Manager, will be focused on high store standards, motivated to deliver great service to customers and passionate about retail management. Experience in a large supermarket or big-box store is advantageous, allowing you to hit the ground running and bring valuable knowledge to succeed.

We are keen to recruit a proven retail professional who is ambitious to progress their career with a business that is developing at a great rate. This role comes with a great range of benefits, fantastic working hours and a first-class, people-focused culture. If you have a strong operational background or experience in retail compliance, apply now for an immediate chat.

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