Area Manager

Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
Client: Leading, High-Growth Food Retailer (Lidl GB)
Location: Durham Region (including DH1 2YN)
Salary: £66,000 - £94,000 per annum
Contract: Full-Time & Part-Time Opportunities available, Permanent
Experience Level: Management Experience Required (Multi-site preferred)
Travel: Full UK Driving License required (Fully expensed company car provided)
Reference Number: 712885

About the Opportunity

At Supportive Bridge Staffing, we specialize in connecting high-caliber, visionary leaders with businesses that actively champion their professional growth. We are proud to partner with one of the UK’s fastest-growing supermarket networks to recruit a resilient, confident, and highly motivated Area Manager to oversee multiple stores across the Durham region.

This is a premier leadership track opportunity. You will act as a strategic business partner, beginning your journey with an immersive training program designed to teach you the business from the inside out—from the shop floor to senior operations. If you are an experienced leader ready to inspire teams, drive multi-million-pound retail operations, and shape the next stage of corporate growth, we want to help you take this next major step in your career.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Oversight: Regularly visit your assigned stores to ensure operations run like clockwork, focusing sharply on efficiency, productivity, and full compliance.
Talent Development: Mentor, support, and coach your Store Managers in recruiting, training, and building high-performing teams while elevating individual store performance.
Performance Management: Empower your teams to consistently achieve operational KPIs, hit targets, and maintain premium brand standards.
Leadership Culture: Drive a positive, high-achieving environment across your territory that reflects core company values and leadership principles.

What You’ll Need

Multi-Site Leadership: Proven experience successfully motivating, leading, and developing sizeable teams across multiple commercial locations to achieve outstanding results.
Analytical Skills: The ability to dissect complex commercial reports, translate data into actionable next steps, and measure the effectiveness of new initiatives.
Communication & Adaptability: Exceptional communication skills to land new concepts, launches, and corporate processes seamlessly with your teams.
Mobility: A full UK Driving License is essential to support regular travel throughout your designated area.

What You’ll Receive

Our client believes in fostering elite talent through equal opportunity structures and a comprehensive, premium corporate rewards package:

Competitive Salary: An industry-leading £66,000 - £94,000 per annum based on experience.
Company Car: A fully expensed company car provided from day one.
Time Off: 35 days of annual holiday (pro rata).
Perks & Discounts: A 10% employee discount to use across all stores.
Future & Well-being: Ongoing executive training, a contributory pension scheme, and enhanced family leave.