Trading Manager

? Maverick Trading; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is recruiting for a Trading Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne. The role involves leading a team to enhance the shopping experience by ensuring optimal stock levels and maintaining high standards. You will also organize promotions, respond to customer feedback, and develop your team’s skills. The position offers excellent training, a competitive salary, a generous bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package including healthcare and colleague discounts.

Benefits

Excellent training and support

Competitive salary

Generous bonus

Private healthcare

Colleague discounts

Family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience of managing a team in a fast paced environment.
• Great communicator who can share knowledge, experience and best practices.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to ensure the best shopping experience for customers.
• Plan and organise current promotions or in-store events.
• Listen to customer feedback and act accordingly.
• Ensure market leading availability across the store.
• Deliver training to empower team members.

Skills

Team management

Effective communication

Relationship building

Adaptability

Customer responsiveness

Job description

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 over almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our business is mainly food & grocery and, uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food that we sell through our own manufacturing facilities. We're recruiting for a high performing Trading Manager to help our business to continue to grow and succeed. Making sure our stores are fully stocked is key to a fantastic customer experience, which is why this role is so vital to our success. It's the job of our Trading Manager to provide the best availability and standards possible for our customers across all departments, ensuring that they remain legal and safe. Reporting into the Store Manager, you will also:

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to the very best standard and strive to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer who walks into our store
• Plan and organise current promotions or in-store events
• Listen and respond to our customers’ feedback and react accordingly
• Ensure market leading availability across the store
• Work with the other Managers in store to lead a supportive and performance driven department
• Efficiently manage all people routines, taking accountability of department(s) scheduling, absence, performance and talent conversations
• Deliver training to ensure team have the capability and confidence to deliver their role
• Motivate and lead colleagues to work with confidence across various departments
• Identify and develop talent within the department
• Build effective relationships with other operating departments
• Lead colleagues to work with purpose, delivering outstanding performance against all relevant targets across the department(s)
• Take a leadership role within the store
• Ensure resource is planned thoroughly

Qualifications

• Experience of managing a team in a fast paced environment
• Great communicator who can share knowledge, experience and best practices
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across all areas whilst remaining flexible
• Adaptable to change, whilst being able to challenge effectively
• As a Manager, actively listen to and respond effectively to customers and colleagues

What we offer

We provide excellent training, support and continued development, competitive salary, superb benefits package, generous bonus, pension scheme, private healthcare, colleague discounts, and family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity, adoption, neonatal and fertility leave.