Overview
More About The Role
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 over almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our business is mainly food & grocery and, uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food that we sell through our own manufacturing facilities. We're recruiting for a high performing Trading Manager to help our business to 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 is the job of our Trading Manager to provide the best availability and standards possible for our customers across all departments, ensuring that they remain legal and safe.
Reporting into the Store Manager, you will also:
Responsibilities
* Lead the team to the very best standard 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 our customers feedback and react accordingly
* Ensure market leading availability across the store
* Work with the other Managers in store to lead a supportive and performance driven department
* Efficiently manage all people routines, taking accountability of department(s) scheduling, absence, performance and talent conversations
* Deliver training to ensure team have the capability and confidence to deliver their role
* Motivate and lead colleagues to work with confidence across various departments
* Identify and develop talent within the department
* Build effective relationships with other operating departments
* Lead colleagues to work with purpose, delivering outstanding performance against all relevant targets across the department(s)
* Take a leadership role within the store
* Ensure resource is planned thoroughly
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience of managing a team in a fast paced environment
* You will need to be a great communicator who can share knowledge, experience and best practices
* You will need to have the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across all areas whilst remaining flexible
* You must be adaptable to change, whilst being able to challenge effectively
* As a Manager, you will actively listen to and respond effectively to customers and colleagues
* We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community
Benefits
You will receive excellent training, support and continued development, plus a competitive salary and superb benefits package. 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 offer a range of family friendly policies, including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.
No doubt you'll have shopped in our stores before, but you can also explore what happens behind the scenes in our warehouses and colleague canteens. Explore using our 360 tour by clicking here.
About The Company
Shopkeepers for over 125 years, Morrisons provides great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to millions of customers weekly. With almost 500 stores across the UK, our colleagues work as one team to deliver a great shopping experience. We prioritise investment in training and development, helping colleagues progress from the shop floor to leadership roles.
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