We Make Morrisons…
From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s fifth largest supermarket, we are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK with almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service.
Our business mainly focuses on food & grocery, and uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food we sell through our own manufacturing facilities.
We’re recruiting for a high-performing Trading Manager to help our business continue to grow and succeed.
Making sure our stores are fully stocked is key to a fantastic customer experience, which is why this role is so vital to our success. It’s the job of our Trading Manager to provide the best availability and standards possible for our customers across all departments, ensuring compliance with legal and safety standards.
Reporting into the Store Manager, you will also:
* Lead the team to the highest standards and strive to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer who walks into our store
* Plan and organise current promotions or in-store events
* Listen and respond to customer feedback and react accordingly
* Ensure market-leading availability across the store
* Work with other Managers in store to lead a supportive and performance-driven department
* Manage all people routines efficiently, including department scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
* Deliver training to ensure the team has the capability and confidence to perform their roles
* Motivate and lead colleagues to work confidently across various departments
* Identify and develop talent within the department
* Build effective relationships with other operational departments
* Lead colleagues to work with purpose, delivering outstanding performance against all relevant targets
* Take a leadership role within the store
* Ensure resource planning is thorough and effective
How do we say thank you?
You will play a vital role in our business and have a significant impact on our success. We will provide excellent training, support, and development opportunities, along with a competitive salary and superb benefits package.
Want more?
Our benefits include a generous bonus, an attractive pension scheme, private healthcare, and a colleague discount that you can share with friends and family. We also offer family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, neonatal and fertility leave.
No doubt you'll have shopped in our stores before, but why not explore some of the areas our customers don't see, such as our warehouses and colleague canteens, to get a real taste of life at Morrisons? Take a look using our 360 tour.
About you
Whether you have previous retail experience or come from hospitality, service, or travel & tourism, if you’re passionate about delivering exceptional customer service, we want to hear from you.
What do we need from you?
* Experience managing a team in a fast-paced environment
* Excellent communication skills to share knowledge, experience, and best practices
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders while remaining flexible
* Adaptability to change and effective challenge
* Active listening skills to respond effectively to customers and colleagues
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
About us
Shopkeepers for over 125 years, we love providing our customers with a great shopping experience. With just under 500 stores across the UK, our retail colleagues work as one team to offer food essentials, great service, and a vibrant shopping environment. It’s why our customers keep coming back for more.
As the UK’s 5th largest supermarket, we provide excellent value and quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers weekly. Our focus on freshness is unmatched, with more in-store freshly prepared food than any other supermarket. It’s challenging and fast-paced, but our friendly team goes above and beyond to meet customer needs.
At Morrisons, we believe in investing in our colleagues through industry-leading training programs. Many of our store managers started on the shop floor, and their experience helps them support colleagues and serve customers effectively.
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