Store Manager - East Midlands

Are you passionate about leading a team to succeed, creating a customer-centric culture and being 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, we'd love to hear from you.

Reporting to a Regional Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing and managing store operations to ensure the availability of products and services, optimal efficiency, minimisation of waste, and the delivery of a high quality service
• Continually monitoring store performance against KPI’s, identifying areas for improvement, and managing improvement initiatives through to implementation, to ensure the high performance of the store
• Ensuring compliance with appropriate regulations and company standards to contribute to an outstanding store environment for our customers
• Managing risk in the store to ensure risks are identified, documented and mitigated against
• Creating a strong customer service culture in store to ensure a high quality customer experience in line with the Morrisons brand
• Building and managing relationships with the local community to effectively promote Morrisons and contribute to the communities we operate in
• Leading colleagues to create the conditions that allow them to perform at their best and to support their development
• Provide strong leadership and high quality colleague facilities, ensuring the store is a great place for people to work
• Driving and delivering sales in line with the business plan, proactively identifying and seizing opportunities, to contribute to the commercial success of Morrisons
• Minimising costs whilst maintaining great customer service to ensure maximum profit and competitiveness

• Experience of managing a store in a fast paced food retail environment is essential for this role
• Strong leadership skills, including strong communication, motivational and talent management skills
• Strong influencing skills
• Demonstrable experience of driving performance improvement
• An ability to build relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
• Analytical thinking skills
• An ability to effectively manage change
• The power to create a culture that fosters and values collaboration

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. 

As a Store Manager, you will play a huge role in our business and be vital to our success. We are proud to offer a leading total rewards package:

• Competitive salary in consideration of your skills & experience
•  6.6 weeks annual leave, which will increase during your length of service
• Generous bonus scheme
• Car allowance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Private healthcare for you and your family
• 15% colleague discount plus 10% for a nominated friend or a family member
•  Competitive incentive plan
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave