Morrisons Careers – Store Managers

Job Description:

Our Store Managers work hard, their role as ‘shopkeepers’ means they run their stores with an entrepreneurial spirit, with their customers and colleagues remaining their number one priority. Leading a team of senior managers (approx. 8-10) and reporting into the Regional Manager, it’s their job through strong leadership to ensure the store is a great place for people to work and shop, making our core supermarket offering strong and consistent.

It’s a given that as a Store Manager you’re ultimately responsible for driving KPI’s and overseeing the store operations, but your Operations Managers are the one responsible for delivering the day to day. We’re looking for Store Managers who can deliver more than just the numbers. We’re looking for leaders who can create and build diverse teams and drive their KPI’s through their people.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with the central teams to ensure we have the best availability on the high street , ensuring Morrisons becomes a one stop shopping destination.
• Continually challenge the ways of working to think of new ways to speed up and simplify your store processes, and having confidence to challenge the status quo.
• Build and manage relationships with the local community, marketing your store so that it stands out.
• Working with your People Manager to drive the talent agenda. Ensuring everyone feels supported and are able to perform at their best.
• Lead a team who in turn creates a customer centric culture where our customers experience is the best in the market, in line with the Morrisons brand. Always challenging and thinking of new ways of how we can serve our customers better.
• Continually managing performance against KPIs. Identifying areas of improvement, and managing initiatives through to implementation. Competing to be the best in the market.
• Treat your store as if it was your own business, always thinking of new ways to improve your offering by working with local businesses to better our local solutions. Working with our central local solutions team to continue bringing in new products for our customers.
• Thinking digitally, ensuring that we’re always ahead of the curve. Listening and responding to what the customers and colleagues are telling us to make their lives easier when it comes to getting their weekly shop.

Job Requirements:

• The ability to resolve challenges and build trust between the full store team.
• Strong leadership skills with the capacity to listen and respond.
• Strong coaching skills. You must be able to give feedback to ensure common ways of working.
• Set clear objectives that link directly to each department that are aligned with Morrisons priorities.
• The power to create a culture that fosters and values collaboration.
• The ability to influence, listen and understand the external perspective to inspire and think broadly about new ways of doing things.
• A passion for spotting, driving talent and creating a successful team culture.
• Broad thinking. And willingness to accept opinions, beliefs of behaviours that are different from your own.

Qualification & Experience:

Our store managers must have previous experience in the retail industry (ideally food). Experience of managing a large customer facing and high turnover operation (over £300k per week) is essential. If you don’t have the experience of these kinds of turnovers, we’d still love to hear from you.

Job Details:

Company: Morrisons

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Ipswich, England, UK

Application Deadline: N/A

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