Large Store Manager - Truro - Major In Town Store
- Team
- In Store
- Store
- Truro Lemon Quay
- Location
- Truro, Cornwall
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Position type
- Full Time
- Salary
- Competitive + Benefits
- Closing date: 31st October 2025
Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.
What you’ll do:
• Lead the delivery of the full retail plan across the store driving commercial, operational,
visual and people performance to deliver against the P&L.
• Set the strategy and direction for the store, making sure every colleague knows their part
to play and is held to account for delivering it.
• Own the change agenda landing transformation initiatives with clarity, urgency and
pace.
• Build a high-performance culture by coaching managers, growing talent, and creating a
store people want to join and stay in.
• Use data and insight to unlock opportunity, making fast, confident decisions that drive
profit, improve service, and boost efficiency.
• Drive digital adoption and omnichannel capability – helping teams sell across all
platforms and channels.
• Be the voice of your store – representing your people, saying it as it is and owning the
follow-through on what needs to improve.
• Create an exceptional customer journey through consistent standards, inspiring visual
merchandising, and diverse teams that go the extra mile.
Who you are:
• A proven leader of large teams in a fast-paced retail environment, with a sharp focus on
delivery, standards and results.
• Confident working across all areas of store performance, including commercial, visual,
operations and people and knowing how to bring them together for impact.
• A clear and direct communicator, with the courage to make tough calls and the skill to
bring colleagues with you.
• Strong on planning, performance management and resilience. You can balance the big
picture with the detail and always hold the line and set expectations.
• Confident using digital tools, data and systems to make better, faster decisions and
coaching others to do the same.
• Skilled in building partnerships across your team, your peers and your region to share
insights, solve problems and deliver transformation.
Lead with purpose. Own the outcomes. Raise the bar. This is your store. And your chance to
shape the future of M&S. Are you ready for it? Take Your Marks and apply today.
What’s in it for you:
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
Lead with purpose. Own the outcomes. Raise the bar. This is your store. And your chance to shape the future of M&S. Are you ready for it? Take Your Marks and apply today.
It’s important to us that our new colleagues feel supported in their roles and can learn from each other. That’s why we offer mentorship through our buddy system.
We’re a 24/7 business and our working patterns adapt to our customers’ needs. Worklife is our flexible working policy that gives colleagues the option for part-time working, a 4-day compressed week, or to job share if it’s in the best interests of everyone.
Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you’ve applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.
Fill in our short application form and hit submit.
We’ll invite you to take part in an online assessment. This could be before or after your interview.
We’ll invite you to an in-person assessment centre or an interview. This process may differ depending on the role you’ve applied to.
After we’ve decided, we’ll be in touch. If you’ve been successful, we’ll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.