Trading Manager

Morrisons; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is looking for a Trading Manager in Leeds. The role involves ensuring optimal product availability, leading a team for excellent customer service, and collaborating with other departments. Previous management experience in retail or related fields is required. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including bonuses, healthcare, and discounts.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Attractive pension plan

Private healthcare

Colleague discount for family and friends

Family-friendly policies

26 weeks maternity and adoption leave

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Leading the team to the highest standards.
• Planning and organizing current promotions.
• Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store.

Skills

Team management in a fast-paced environment

Excellent communication skills

Relationship building

Flexibility and adaptability

Active listening skills

Job description

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 grow and succeed.

Ensuring our stores are fully stocked is key to delivering a fantastic customer experience, making this role vital to our success. The Trading Manager is responsible for providing optimal 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 provide the best shopping experience for every customer
• Planning and organizing current promotions and in-store events
• Listening to and responding to customer feedback and acting accordingly
• Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store
• Collaborating with other managers to lead a supportive, performance-driven department
• Managing all team routines, including scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
• Delivering training to empower the team to perform confidently
• 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 resource allocation thoroughly

What’s in it for you?
You will play a vital role in our business, impacting our success. We offer excellent training, support, and development opportunities, along with a competitive salary and superb benefits.
Our benefits include: a generous bonus scheme, an attractive pension plan, private healthcare, and a colleague discount for family and friends. We also provide family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks 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

Whether you have retail experience or come from hospitality, service, or travel & tourism backgrounds, if you’re passionate about delivering exceptional customer service, we want to hear from you.
What 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 a capacity 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 are dedicated to providing a unique shopping experience. With nearly 500 stores across the UK, our colleagues work as one team to offer essential food, excellent service, and a lively shopping environment. Our customers keep returning because of our focus on freshness and quality, with more in-store fresh food preparation than any other supermarket. It’s challenging, fast-paced, but rewarding work, from Market Street to checkout.

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.