Trading Manager

Morrisons; Newport; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket seeks a Trading Manager in Newport to ensure optimal store availability and customer satisfaction. You will lead a team, manage staff routines, and collaborate across departments to deliver a top-notch shopping experience. Ideal candidates will have experience in fast-paced team management and exceptional communication skills.

Benefits

Generous bonus

Attractive pension scheme

Private healthcare

Colleague discount for friends and family

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 to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer.
• Planning and organising current promotions and in-store events.
• Ensuring market-leading product availability across the store.

Skills

Team management

Communication skills

Relationship building

Flexibility and adaptability

Active listening

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 through 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 providing a fantastic customer experience. This role is vital to our success. The Trading Manager is responsible for delivering the best 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 to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer
• Planning and organising 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 staffing routines, including scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
• Delivering training to empower the team to perform confidently
• Motivating colleagues to work confidently across departments
• Identifying and developing talent within the department
• Building effective relationships with other operational departments
• Leading colleagues to achieve outstanding performance against targets
• Taking a leadership role within the store
• Planning resources thoroughly to support store operations

Why join us?
You will play a vital role in our success, receiving excellent training, support, and development opportunities. We offer a competitive salary and a superb benefits package, including a generous bonus, attractive pension scheme, private healthcare, and a colleague discount for friends and family. We also support family-friendly policies such as 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, neonatal, and fertility leave.

Explore behind the scenes of our stores, warehouses, and canteens with our 360-degree virtual tour here.

About you

Whether you have retail, hospitality, service industry, or travel & tourism experience, if you are 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 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

With over 125 years of experience, we pride ourselves on providing a unique shopping experience. Operating nearly 500 stores across the UK, our colleagues work as one team to offer essential food, excellent service, and a vibrant shopping environment. Our customers keep coming back because of our focus on freshness, preparing more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket. It’s challenging and fast-paced, but our friendly team loves going above and beyond to meet customer needs.

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 succeed and support our team and customers effectively.