Retail Manager Opportunity (Manchester Area)

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 uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food we sell through our own manufacturing facilities.

We're recruiting high-performing Retail Managers to help our business continue to grow and succeed. If you are based in Manchester or surrounding areas, have management experience in a retail environment, and are keen to explore your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.

Ensuring our stores are fully stocked is key to delivering 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 across all departments, ensuring they remain legal and safe.
Reporting into the Store Manager, you will also:

• Lead the team to the highest standards and strive to ensure the best shopping experience for every customer who walks into our store
• Plan and organize current promotions or in-store events
• Listen and respond to customer feedback and react accordingly
• Ensure market-leading availability across the store
• Collaborate with other Managers to lead a supportive and performance-driven department
• Manage all people routines, including scheduling, absence, performance, and talent development
• Deliver training to empower the team to deliver their roles effectively
• Motivate and lead colleagues to work confidently across various departments
• Identify and develop talent within the department
• Build effective relationships with other operational departments
• Lead colleagues to work with purpose, achieving outstanding performance against targets
• Take a leadership role within the store
• Ensure resource planning is thorough and effective

How do we say thank you?
You will play a vital role in our business, impacting our success significantly. We offer excellent training, support, and development opportunities, along with a competitive salary and superb benefits package.
Want more?
Our benefits include a generous bonus scheme, an attractive pension, private healthcare, and a colleague discount for friends and family. We also support family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave, neonatal, and fertility leave.

Take a look behind the scenes at Morrisons-explore our warehouses and colleague canteens through our 360 tour here .

If you have previous experience in retail, hospitality, service industries, or travel & tourism, and a passion for delivering exceptional customer service, we want to hear from you.
What do we need from you?

• Experience managing a team in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills to share knowledge and best practices
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across all areas
• Flexibility and adaptability to change, with the confidence 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.

With over 125 years of experience, we are dedicated to providing our customers with a unique shopping experience. Our nearly 500 stores across the UK, along with our colleagues, work as one team to deliver essentials, great service, and a vibrant shopping environment. Our focus on freshness and in-store preparation makes us stand out as the UK's 5th largest supermarket, serving over 11 million customers weekly. We believe in investing in our colleagues through industry-leading training programs, supporting their career growth from the shop floor to management roles.