Shift Manager - Ambient

Morrisons; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain in Wakefield is seeking an experienced Shift Manager to oversee warehouse operations. The ideal candidate will excel in team leadership, problem-solving, and managing resources to deliver objectives in a fast-paced environment. This role offers opportunities for career progression and various employee benefits, ensuring a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday including bank holidays

15% discount in stores

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Market-leading pension and life assurance

Healthcare benefits

Long Service Awards

Enhanced parental leave

Qualifications

• Experience as a Shift Manager or equivalent in fast-paced environments.
• Proven experience in delivering results through a team.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and improve team performance.
• Experience managing budgets and controlling costs.

Responsibilities

• Manage all shift activities and team scheduling.
• Oversee operations and provide problem-solving guidance.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure team performance and development.

Skills

Resilience

People management

Coaching skills

Problem-solving

Budget management

Leadership

Job description

More About The Role

Our Shift Managers know how to work at pace. It's ultimately their responsibility to manage our Team Managers and Warehouse Colleagues to ensure the right products are picked at a top pace so they can be sent to the right stores, on time! It's fast and ever-changing—are you up for the challenge?

Responsibilities

• Manage all shift activities within your team scheduling rosters to achieve labour requirements.
• Manage resources to deliver objectives.
• Monitor operational resource spend.
• Oversee the operation and provide problem‑solving guidance and coaching to your team.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement within your teams.
• Team Manager performance and development.

About You

As well as tons of resilience, you must have:

• Experience as a Shift Manager or equivalent in a fast‑paced Warehouse/Distribution/Logistics environment.
• Proven experience in a people‑management role with the ability to deliver strong results through a team.
• The ability to coach and encourage your team and help them explore opportunities to continuously improve how they do their job.
• Demonstrated ability to problem‑solve and implement process changes to improve operational performance.
• Experience managing budgets and controlling costs.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills to engage, motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets.

In Return

We offer:

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays) and 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us.
• Additional 10% discount and More Card for a friend or family member.
• Career progression and development opportunities.
• Subsidised staff canteen, free parking.
• Market‑leading pension and life assurance.
• Healthcare/Well‑being benefits including Aviva Digital GP, Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high‑street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more.
• Long Service Awards.
• Optional payroll charity donations.
• Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave.

About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK's 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer. We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000‑strong fleet.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and around 97,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service. We cover more than 11 million households with our (url removed) service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

We are food‑makers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.