Area Manager - Manchester Region
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 17th April
Location: Multi-site across Manchester/Lancashire
Are you a multi-site retail leader with a drive to achieve more, a curious mindset and a passion for inspiring people and pets alike?
About the Role
At Pets at Home, we're on the lookout for an Area Manager who leads with purpose, brings energy & humility to their teams and knows how to balance results with fun. You’ll be the driving force behind exceptional customer experiences, operational excellence and strong commercial performance across your region.
This is a ‘field based’ role, covering our 26 Pet Care Centres in Greater Manchester/Lancs, from Accrington to Wigan (and a few in between).
What You'll Bring:
What You’ll Do:
What’s In It For You?
We offer a rewarding package that goes beyond the basics, including:
Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.
If you're ready to lead with heart and hustle, and want to be part of a business that puts pets and people first, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help shape the future of pet care retail.

Since 1991, when we were a wholesaler with a team of just 15, we’ve been focused on getting better every day. By putting pets before profit, working as a team and taking pride in everything we do, we’ve grown into a 451 store network with more than 8,913 colleagues working in our Stores, Grooming Salons, Distribution Centres and Support Office.
We are the UK’s leading pet specialist, providing pet owners with all their product needs, as well as our Vets for Pets practices and Grooming salons. We support our colleagues to work with pride and passion, to bring honesty and integrity to work every day, and to do it all with a sense of fun and fearlessness. We never shy away from having the important conversations and doing what we say we’ll do.
Our values and behaviours are practiced daily across the business and are what really makes us an enjoyable, exciting place to work. We're always striving to develop and reward our colleagues with an extensive in-house series of training programmes, wellbeing initiatives and a comprehensive benefits package. In 2018 we were delighted to be voted top 5 in the Great Place to Work UK’s Large category.
Our colleagues are central to the success of the business and are fully trained in pet care and dedicated to animal welfare. Pets are central to everything that we do and 93% of colleagues have their own pets too!
If you like the sound of life at Pets at Home, you can find out more on our dedicated careers site: https://www.petsathomejobs.com/