Store Manager- South Wales & Somerset
Are you passionate about leading a team to succeed, to create a customer-centric culture and be the best in the market?
Our Store Managers work hard, using strong leadership, to ensure their stores are a great place for people to work and shop, making sure our core supermarket offering is strong and competitive. They play a crucial role in our business and we’re always on the lookout for great Store Managers across the UK to join us and embody these values. If you're ready for a change and want to explore opportunities in a growing business, at an exciting time, get in touch or apply via this advert.
About the role
Reporting to the Regional Manager, your responsibilities will include:
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Developing and executing strategic initiatives to enhance store performance and profitability by continually challenging our current ways of working. We’re always open to new ideas and Store Managers should also foster this culture in their stores.
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Listening and responding to what our customers and colleagues are telling us, ensuring that their experience is at the heart of all decisions that are made.
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Cultivate a high-performance culture through talent development, succession planning, and supportive leadership.
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Working with our teams in Head Office to ensure we have the best availability on the high street, ensuring Morrisons becomes a one-stop shopping destination.
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Building and managing relationships with the local community, marketing your store so it stands out as a pillar in the community.
About You
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Experience managing a store in a fast paced food retail environment is essential for this role
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Strong leadership skills with the capacity to listen and respond. You should be great at coaching, able to give feedback to ensure common ways of working.
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A passion for spotting and driving talent and creating a successful team culture.
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The ability to resolve challenges and build trust between the store team.
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Natural ability to set clear objectives that link directly to each department which are aligned with the Morrisons priorities, ensuring that your team is working towards and engaged with a shared goal
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The power to create a culture that fosters and values collaboration.
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Broad thinking and willingness to accept opinions, beliefs of behaviours that are different from your own.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
If you don't meet every single requirement, don't worry. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
How do we say thank you?
As a Store Manager, you will play a huge role in our business and be vital to our success. We offer a generous salary, along with an excellent benefits package.
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Generous bonus scheme
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Car allowance
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Competitive pension scheme
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Private healthcare for you and your family
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Colleague discount of 15% and 10% for a friend or a family member
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Up to 6 weeks of annual leave, which will increase during your length of service
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Competitive incentive plan
We’re looking for individuals with experience as a Store Manager in food retail, who are passionate and supportive leaders, excited about driving change in a growing business. If this sounds like you, get in touch!
Reward & Benefits
We've highlighted below some of our standard Rewards & Benefits that our colleagues receive. Please note, some roles come with additional benefits such as bonus, company car allowance etc. you'll find further details where applicable in our adverts, or you can speak to someone in our resourcing team for more information.
Plan your journey
Wales, United Kingdom, HR1 1DN
Learning and development is at the heart of our business
As you can imagine, Morrisons is a busy place to be. There’s lots going on - processes, changes, new initiatives, different ways of working. And that’s just on a Monday morning.
It means there’s a lot to learn. But learning isn’t just about understanding what’s involved in day-to-day workloads. It’s also about growing and developing in your career, too. That’s why we’ve made sure that learning and development is at the heart of our business. We’re here to make sure everyone has everything they need to be their best - and to go as far as they want.
Our DE&I workstreams
We're proud to have a diverse group of colleagues working here. We want everyone to feel valued in an environment where we promote respect, where they feel a sense of belonging, and feel celebrated as individuals.
These are the moments that matter to them - and they matter to us, too.
Everyone is welcome to get involved in our Ethnic Diversity, Ability, LGBTQ+, Women, and Family & Carers workstreams, too. They’re designed to help us better reflect our customers, colleagues, and communities so we can become an even more inclusive business.
As a business, we love bringing people together. And we think it’s one of the biggest reasons to be part of our team.
Our Process
We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.
Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.
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Find an opportunity that's right for you
Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.
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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
After your application, we might send you an e-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores - think customer first.
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Let's find out more
For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!
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Interview
Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).
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Final Stage
With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.
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Decision
Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e-mail.
Ways of Working
Our Ways of Working are like a set of values that define our core beliefs, guide decision-making, and shape our culture and how we operate.
Customer First - I care about our customers and do everything I can to meet their needs
Teamwork - I always play my part in the team, and I recognise we go further together
Working Freely in a Framework - I’m trusted to make my own decisions and encouraged to improve things for customers and for us
Care and Respect - We care more and try harder; for each other, for everyone around Morrisons
Listen and Respond - I take the time to talk with and listen to colleagues and customers, and always do the right thing for the them
Grow Sales, Low Cost - I understand my part in the end-to-end process and look for ways to drive improvement
Life at Morrisons offers more than you imagine.
We’re a Yorkshire based food manufacturer and retailer, and our story began with a simple market stall in Bradford all the way back in 1899. Today, we’re still just as committed to delivering on our promise of 'freshness from farm to fork' for every customer. It’s why we’ve grown to become one of the UK’s leading supermarkets. And, with 90,000 colleagues, nearly 500 stores, and 11 million customers every week, there are now more reasons to join us than you can imagine.
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