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 we uniquely source & process most of the fresh food we sell through our own manufacturing facilities.
We are recruiting a high-performing Trading Manager to help our business continue to grow and succeed.
Ensuring our stores are fully stocked is key to providing a fantastic customer experience, making this role vital to our success. The Trading Manager's job is to provide the best availability and standards across all departments, ensuring compliance with legal and safety standards.
Reporting to the Store Manager, your responsibilities will include:
* Leading the team to the highest standards and striving to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer
* Planning and organizing current promotions and in-store events
* Listening to and responding to customer feedback appropriately
* Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store
* Collaborating with other managers to lead a supportive, performance-driven department
* Managing staffing routines, including scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
* Delivering training to empower the team to perform confidently in their roles
* Motivating colleagues to work confidently across various departments
* Identifying and nurturing talent within the department
* Building effective relationships with other operational departments
* Leading colleagues to achieve outstanding performance against relevant targets
* Taking a leadership role within the store
* Planning resources thoroughly to support store operations
What we offer in return?
You will play a vital role in our business with a significant impact on our success. We provide excellent training, support, and ongoing development, along with a competitive salary and superb benefits package.
Our benefits include: a generous bonus scheme, an attractive pension plan, private healthcare, and a colleague discount for sharing with friends and family. We also have family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, neonatal and fertility leave.
Explore behind the scenes of our stores, warehouses, and canteens with our 360° tour here.
About you
If you have experience in retail, hospitality, service industries, or travel & tourism, and a passion for 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 and best practices
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
* Flexibility and adaptability to change, with the ability to challenge effectively
* 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
With over 125 years of experience, we love providing our customers with a unique shopping experience. Operating nearly 500 stores across the UK, our team is dedicated to offering food essentials, excellent service, and a lively shopping environment. Customers keep returning because of our focus on freshness, with more in-store prepared fresh food than any other supermarket. It's a fast-paced, challenging environment, but our friendly team strives to go above and beyond for our customers.
At Morrisons, we invest in our colleagues and industry-leading training programs. Many of our store managers started on the shop floor, understanding firsthand what it takes to support colleagues and serve customers effectively.
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