Fruit & Veg Team Leader

Morrisons; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket is searching for a Fruit & Veg Team Leader. The ideal candidate will ensure high standards of fresh produce, lead a dedicated team, and foster a culture of outstanding customer service. Responsibilities include maintaining product quality, coordinating team communication, and implementing best practices for waste reduction. Opportunities for career development and benefits such as flexible shifts and discounts are offered. This role is pivotal in driving the team’s performance and enhancing the customer experience.

Benefits

Fully flexible shift patterns

Six weeks holiday including bank holidays

15% discount in supermarkets

10% discount for a friend or family member

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised in-store café

Healthcare/well-being benefits

Discounts at various high street shops

Responsibilities

• Ensure high Fruit & Veg standards and reduce waste.
• Coordinate daily communication within the department.
• Deliver excellent, friendly customer service.
• Create an engaging environment for colleagues.
• Build a performance-driven culture.
• Analyse department data for improvement opportunities.
• Follow all company policies and legal obligations.

Skills

Building and maintaining effective relationships

Developing and leading teams

Operational and technical knowledge of Fruit & Veg

Planning and organising workload

Working to strict deadlines

Job description

Are you good with people and a natural leader, or a great customer assistant looking for the next step in your career?

Do you have a helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers?

We're looking for Team Leaders to lead our Fruit & Veg teams and ensure great standards and availability of fresh fruit & veg for our customers.

As a Fruit & Veg Team Leader you’re the driving force behind our Fruit & Veg team and as part of your role you will:

• Ensure our Fruit & Veg standards remain exceptionally high and reduce waste by careful stock handling, date code checking, quality and condition checking, rotation and storage
• Be accountable for the coordination and day to day communication within the Fruit and Veg department including single stem, garden centre and plants and flowers
• Create a team that delivers outstanding, friendly and helpful service to all our customers
• Create an engaging department environment where colleagues are trusted to place customers at the heart of everything they do and actively contribute ideas for improvement
• Build a supportive and performance driven culture where achievement and contributions are recognised and rewarded
• Analyse department data to identify opportunities to simplify and speed up processes, reduce waste and identify risks and solutions
• Ensure all policies, procedures and legal obligations are followed as specified by the company

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Fully flexible shift patterns
• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional Payroll charity donations
• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Morrisons, so this could just be the start of your Morrisons journey.

About you

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships
• Experience in developing and leading teams, coaching to build competence and confidence for high performance
• Strong operational and technical knowledge of the Fruit & Veg department
• Able to effectively plan, organise and manage own and direct reports workload
• Able to work to strict deadlines

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes! We’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly.

Please note: We will only recruit individuals who are over the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age please visit the following

At Morrisons, we are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. You can find answers to common questions on our FAQs page, including how to request reasonable adjustments. Should you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know and we’d be happy to support you.

About us

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you... We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. What we make, makes us who we are