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 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 ensure the best availability and standards across all departments, maintaining legal and safety compliance.
Reporting to the Store Manager, your responsibilities will include:
* Leading the team to the highest standards and striving to deliver the best shopping experience for every customer
* Planning and organizing current promotions and in-store events
* Listening to customer feedback and responding appropriately
* Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store
* Collaborating with other managers to lead a supportive and performance-driven department
* Managing all people 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 developing talent within the department
* Building effective relationships with other operational departments
* Leading colleagues to achieve outstanding performance against departmental targets
* Taking a leadership role within the store
* Planning resources thoroughly to meet store needs
What’s in it for you?
You will play a vital role in our business and have a significant impact on our success. We offer excellent training, ongoing support, and development, along with a competitive salary and superb benefits.
Additional benefits include: a generous bonus, an attractive pension scheme, private healthcare, and a colleague discount to share with family and friends. We also provide 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—via our 360 tour by clicking 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, remaining flexible
* Adaptability to change and effective challenge skills
* 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 pride ourselves on providing a great shopping experience. With nearly 500 stores across the UK, our colleagues work together to offer essential foods, excellent service, and a lively shopping environment. Our customers keep returning because of our focus on freshness, with more fresh food prepared in-store than any other supermarket. It’s challenging, fast-paced, but rewarding work. From Market Street to checkout, our friendly team strives to exceed customer expectations.
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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