Store Manager

Morrisons; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is seeking a passionate Store Manager to enhance store performance and lead a strong team. Responsibilities include developing initiatives for profitability, ensuring high customer satisfaction, and fostering a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in fast-paced food retail and strong leadership skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including bonuses, healthcare, and generous leave.

Benefits

Generous bonus scheme

Car allowance

Competitive pension scheme

Private healthcare for you and your family

Colleague discount of 15%

Up to 6 weeks of annual leave

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience managing a store in a fast paced food retail environment is essential.
• Natural ability to build trust within the team.
• Broad thinking and openness to diverse opinions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to enhance store performance.
• Listen and respond to customers and colleagues for a great experience.
• Cultivate a high-performance culture through talent development.
• Work with Head Office to ensure availability and inventory.
• Build relationships with the local community to market the store.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Coaching ability

Talent spotting

Conflict resolution

Objective setting

Collaboration fostering

Job description

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

• 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.

• Cultivate a high-performance culture through talent development, succession planning, and supportive leadership.

• 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.

• Building and managing relationships with the local community, marketing your store so it stands out as a pillar in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a store in a fast paced food retail environment is essential for this role

• 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.

• A passion for spotting and driving talent and creating a successful team culture.

• The ability to resolve challenges and build trust between the store team.

• 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

• The power to create a culture that fosters and values collaboration.

• 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.

Benefits

About us

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.

• Generous bonus scheme

• Car allowance

• Competitive pension scheme

• Private healthcare for you and your family

• Colleague discount of 15% and 10% for a friend or a family member

• Up to 6 weeks of annual leave, which will increase during your length of service

• Competitive incentive plan

• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

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!