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About Morrisons
Shopkeepers for over 125 years, we love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. At just under 500 stores across the UK, our retail colleagues work as one team to provide plenty of food essentials, a great service and a buzz people enjoy. The UK’s 5th largest supermarket, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.
Role purpose
Making sure our stores are fully stocked is key to a fantastic customer experience, which is why this role is vital to our success. It’s the job of the Trading Manager to provide the best availability and standards possible for our customers across all departments, ensuring that they remain legal and safe.
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
About You
Whether it's previous experience working in the retail industry or you have experience in hospitality, the service industry or travel & tourism, if you have a passion for delivering exceptional customer service then we want to hear from you.
What we need from you
* 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
The role offers a competitive salary and superb benefits package, including a generous bonus, pension scheme, private healthcare and a colleague discount that we encourage you to share with friends and family. We also offer a range of family friendly policies, including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.
About Us
At Morrisons we believe in investing in our colleagues and industry-leading training programmes. We provide our colleagues with the opportunities they need to make it to the top. Many of our store managers started out on the shop floor. They’ve been there and done that.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Finance and Sales
Industries
* Retail
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