This includes some proposed changes to our management structure at both our stores and head office.
Mark Jackson, the chief executive of Wilko, said: “We’ve identified significant changes to the Wilko operating model to enable us to stabilise the business and then thrive again. One worker said the changes in stores and the head office, on which a consultation began this week, came as “sales remain poor and rumours are rife about the future of the business”, which has been struggling to pay suppliers. Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning The cuts also include about 150 assistant store managers, around 95 workers from its contact centre in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, whose work is being outsourced to a South African company in late February, as well as dozens of head office management roles across commercial, retail operations, merchandising, marketing and finance. The family-owned business has told staff it plans to cut hours for team supervisors in 150 of its 401 stores, leading to the equivalent of about 150 full-time equivalent job losses, after posting a drop in sales.
Wilko is set to cut over 400 jobs, including assistant store managers, retail supervisors, head office managers and call centre workers as the business looks to control costs, the Guardian reports. Wilko plans to axe more than 400 jobs as it looks to control costs // The GMB union said it was consulting with the retailer, which employs 16,000 staff in total, in an effort to reduce job losses
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