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 primarily focuses on food & grocery, and uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food we sell through our own manufacturing facilities.
We are recruiting for 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, which is why this role is vital to our success. The Trading Manager's job is to provide the best product availability and standards across all departments, ensuring compliance with legal and safety regulations.
Reporting into 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 or in-store events
* Listening to and responding to customer feedback and reacting accordingly
* Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store
* Collaborating with other store managers to lead a supportive and performance-driven department
* Managing all personnel routines, including scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
* Delivering training to enable the team to perform confidently in their roles
* Motivating colleagues to work confidently across various departments
* Identifying and developing talent within the department
* Building effective relationships with other operational departments
* Leading colleagues to achieve outstanding performance against all relevant targets
* Taking a leadership role within the store
* Planning resources thoroughly to meet department needs
How do we say thank you?
You will play a vital role in our business and have a significant impact on our success. In return, you will receive excellent training, ongoing support, a competitive salary, and a superb benefits package.
What’s more?
Our benefits include a generous bonus, an attractive pension scheme, private healthcare, and a colleague discount that you can share with family and friends. We also offer family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, neonatal and fertility leave.
You may 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, through our 360-degree virtual tour here.
About you
Whether you have experience in retail, hospitality, the service industry, or travel & tourism, if you are 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 and best practices
* The ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders while remaining flexible
* Adaptability to change and 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
For over 125 years, we've been shopkeepers dedicated to providing a great shopping experience. With just under 500 stores across the UK, our colleagues work as one team to provide essentials, excellent service, and a lively shopping environment. Our customers keep returning because of our focus on freshness, offering more in-store prepared fresh food than any other supermarket. It’s fast-paced and challenging, but our friendly team goes above and beyond to meet customer needs.
At Morrisons, we invest in our colleagues and industry-leading training programs. Many store managers started on the shop floor, gaining the experience needed to support colleagues and serve customers effectively.
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