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Trading Manager – (High Performing Retail Role)
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 nearly 500 stores and an online home delivery service.
Our business centres around food & grocery, with a unique advantage: we source and process most of our fresh produce via our own manufacturing facilities. This approach ensures the highest quality and availability for our customers.
The Role
We’re recruiting for a high-performing Trading Manager to help our business continue to grow and thrive. Your primary focus will be ensuring our stores remain fully stocked, legally safe, and operating at market-leading standards.
Key Responsibilities
As a Trading Manager, you will report to the Store Manager and have the following responsibilities:
- Lead teams to ensure exceptional performance and drive a best-in-class shopping experience for every customer
- Plan and execute promotions and in-store events effectively
- Listen and respond to customer feedback with operational solutions
- Maintain market-leading stock availability across all departments
- Collaborate with other managers to foster a supportive, performance-driven environment
- Manage departmental resources—scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
- Deliver training to build the capabilities and confidence of your team
- Motivate and lead colleagues to ensure seamless cross-departmental operation
- Identify and develop talent within your department
- Build strong working relationships with other operational teams
- Deliver outstanding performance against all relevant target metrics
- Take an active leadership role in store operations
- Ensure efficient resource planning and allocation
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Why Join Morrisons?
Your role will have a direct impact on our success, and we reward performance with:
- Excellent training, ongoing support, and career development
- Competitive salary and a robust benefits package:
- Generous bonus scheme
- Attractive pension plan
- Private healthcare coverage
- Colleague discounts (extended to family and friends)
- Family-friendly policies, including:
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave
- Neonatal and fertility leave
- A proven track record of colleague progression, with many Store Managers starting from the shop floor
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What We’re Looking For
Whether you have prior experience in retail, hospitality, the service industry, or travel/tourism, what matters is your passion for delivering exceptional customer service.
- Proven team management experience in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills—ability to share knowledge and best practices effectively
- Strong relationship-building abilities with stakeholders across all areas
- Flexibility and adaptability—with a willingness to challenge, innovate, and drive change
- Strong listening and response skills—adapting to customer and colleague needs promptly
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The role will suit those who: ✅ Are results-driven and proactive ✅ Believe in continuous learning and development ✅ Want to be part of a fast-growing, customer-focused business
We Believe in Equality
Morrisons is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background.
About Morrisons
Shopkeepers for over 125 years, we pride ourselves on delivering a unique, top-quality shopping experience that you won’t find elsewhere.
- UK’s 5th largest supermarket—serving over 11 million customers weekly
- Fresh focus: We prepare more fresh food in-store than any other retailer
- Above-and-beyond service: From Market Street to checkout, our team ensures customers are always first
At Morrisons, we: 🔹 Invest in our colleagues’ growth 🔹 Offer industry-leading training programs 🔹 Empower progress: Many store managers started on the shop floor—they understand what works, They know how to support colleagues and exceed customer expectations.
This isn’t just a job—it’s a chance to be part of a mission-driven team that delivers value, quality, and care every day.
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