I joined Tesco in 1977 whilst at school and then at College, I then embarked on my career with the company, initially working in stores in Yorkshire, completing a Store Management Training course, this involved residential courses followed by practical modules in training stores around the area. Following my successful completion of the course, I took up my first management position at the new store opening in Nottingham, I worked in the East Midlands for approx 3 years before taking up the Assistant Store Manager role in our new store opening inFolkestone (Kent), I remained in Kent for approximately 2 1/2 years before taking up my first store manager role in Newmarket (Suffolk)I have managed stores around East Anglia since, whilst also being seconded to Head Office twice and also completing a Regional Support Role.I left Tesco in April 2015 after 39 years service after taking Voluntary Redundancy, and am now looking to use my skills with another business.
Listed skills include Retail, Customer Service, Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, and 6 others.