Hear from our Senior Female Managers - Women in Retail Podcast

Marianne and Michelle speak to host Cheryl Tree about their experiences of being women in retail at Midcounties. They address some of the challenges they’ve faced and how they’ve overcome them and provide tips for other women looking to progress their career at Midcounties.

Three different viewpoints 👁

Michelle talks about juggling full-time work and family life, with two children age 5 and 6. She says, “It can be challenging but I wouldn’t change it for the world.”

Marianne started her Midcounties career on the graduate scheme and talks about overcoming stereotypes and proving her value to the Society.

Cheryl also shares her experiences of being a working mum and the pressure she puts on herself to be as flexible as she was before her toddler was on the scene.

Next week - Hear from our Young Talent within the Society

Next week in our Women in Retail series meet Store Manager, Martina Crespin and Chief HR Officer, Clare Moore – two talented young women making a big difference within the Society.

Katherine Court – promoted from Team Leader in Merry Hill to Team Manager in West Hagley

Lorraine Jacques – promoted from Team Leader in Bishops Cleeve to Team Manager in Homelands

Lucy Clist - Store Manager of our new store in Bream

Join our Women in Retail Roadshows

Want to know more about the opportunities available to our retail colleagues (male and female) and how you can climb the career ladder? We will be holding 3 career roadshows for colleagues to attend so pop the below dates in your diary:

• 8 September – Oxford (venue TBC)

• 8 September – Virtual

• 12 October – (Venue TBC)

Would you like to job share?

Do you have caring responsibilities?

Do you want more time for yourself?

Then why not get involved in a Pilot Job Share?

Later in the year, we will be trialling 2 store manager job shares for a 3-month period (1 in a supermarket and 1 in a convenience store). This is available to any colleague regardless of gender that may already be a store manager or looking for their next career move.