Store Manager

Job description

At Morrisons, our Store Managers are at the heart of everything we do. As Store Manager, you are the ultimate custodian of your store; leading from the front to build an energetic team, champion our iconic Market Street, and deliver an unbeatable shopping experience for your local community.

Reporting to the Regional Manager, you'll take full P&L and operational ownership of the entire store, setting the strategic direction, driving commercial growth, and creating an inspiring environment where colleagues thrive.

What you'll be doing:

• Driving Commercial Success: Owning full P&L performance, maximising sales, optimizing labour productivity, and driving profitability.
• Championing Market Street: Ensuring our fresh food heritage shines through high-energy retail theatre, expert craftsmanship, and exceptional availability.
• Leading & Developing People: Building a high-performing management team, nurturing talent, and cultivating a positive, inclusive workplace culture.
• Delivering Operational Excellence: Maintaining flawless store standards, strict food safety, compliance, and stock integrity across all shifts.
• Connecting with the Community: Acting as the face of Morrisons locally, engaging with customers, and adapting trade strategies to local market needs.

About you
You're an ambitious, commercially sharp retail leader who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and loves bringing the best out of people.

• Proven Retail Leader: Extensive experience managing large-scale, high-volume retail stores with full P&L accountability.
• Commercial Strategist: Deep understanding of retail metrics, stock management, labour models, and local trade optimization.
• Inspirational Coach: Skilled at empowering managers, driving accountability, and building strong team morale across day and night shifts.
• Customer-Centric Mindset: Passionate about fresh food, high store standards, and delivering an authentic grocer experience.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

About us

We are a team of over 90,000 down-to-earth people. Uniquely, we are the UK's second-largest food manufacturer and own our entire supply chain; giving you incredibly diverse career paths and development opportunities.

More Perks:

• Salary: we don't advertise salary because we honestly have a degree of flexibility; our recruitment team will always discuss this with you early in the process.
• Generous bonus scheme: annual review
• Car allowance: company car cash benefit.
• Time Off: 33 days annual leave.
• Colleague Discount: 15% staff discount for you, 10% for a nominated friend/family member.
• Healthcare & Pension: Highly competitive pension scheme and private healthcare.
• Two colleague discounts:15% for yourself and 10% for a friend or a family member
• Family Support: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• My Morri Rewards: Instant discounts, cashback, and perks on everyday dining and leisure.

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.

• Rewarding success
  
  We believe success should be rewarded. So, from a simple thank you to our well-deserved recognition awards, we'll show you how much we value you. We care for our colleagues. It's how we keep hold of the best talent.
• Pay
  
  Morrisons wouldn't be what it is without our amazing colleagues, which is why we offer competitive salaries to ensure we attract and retain the best.
• Colleague discounts
  
  We operate one of the most generous colleague discount schemes in food retail, and currently offer two discount cards, one for you and one for your family or friend. You will be eligible for a 15% discount on all eligible purchases and your friend or family will be eligible for up to 10% discount.
• Holidays
  
  We know how important it is to take time off to relax and unwind. So, to help you achieve a healthy work/life balance, you'll enjoy at least 28 days of holiday a year pro rata (including public holidays). Your holiday will increase depending on your length of service, too.
• Pension
  
  We have a competitive pension scheme that all our colleagues can join.
• Life assurance
  
  In case the worst should happen, we offer a Life Assurance Scheme, more commonly known as a 'Death in Service' benefit. All our colleagues are entitled to this benefit from their first day of permanent employment with us, subject to eligibility rules.
• Money off
  
  Not only will you enjoy 15% off your Morrisons shopping, you'll have access to discount and cashback offers from over 1,500 retailers including everything from fashion and holidays to utilities and electronics. All of our sites offer subsidised meals too.
• Flexible benefits
  
  We offer a range of flexible, voluntary and salary sacrifice benefits that can help you save on your tax and National Insurance. These include:
  
  
  • Holiday buy scheme
  • Payroll giving
• Healthcare cash plan
  
  Our exclusive health care cash plan, provided by Sovereign Health Care, offers colleagues a helping hand with everyday health care costs. It pays tax free cash back on a range of everyday health expenses including glasses, contact lenses, dental treatment, prescription charges, physiotherapy and much more. Cover is offered at a differents levels to suit your needs, and up to 4 children are covered at no extra cost! We're pleased to be able extend the offer to colleagues' partners. Terms and conditions apply.
• Wellbeing with Vita Health
  
  At Morrisons we care about our colleagues' wellbeing, and we work with a number of organisations to provide information, advice and support to colleagues and their families.
  
  Our wellbeing partner Vita Health, offers free and confidential information, advice and support for all our colleagues and households 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on all wellbeing matters including mental and physical health. They also provide a management support helpline Monday to Friday.
• Aviva Digital GP and wellbeing
  
  We provide colleagues with free access to Aviva's Digital GP and Aviva Wellbeing app services. Colleagues can book can book unlimited video consultations with an NHS-registered, private GP. To help colleagues when they need it most, It's a 24 hour service. Colleague's children are also covered up to age 16.
• Addiction treatment
  
  We're working with the team at the UK Addiction Treatment Group to support the wellbeing of our colleagues when it comes to addiction and behavioural disorders.
• Salary finance
  
  We've partnered with Salary Finance to provide all colleagues with access to simple, useful financial education, as well as access to loans at competitive and affordable rates, repaid directly from pay.
• Family Friendly benefits
  
  
  • Maternity and Adoption Pay: Full pay for the first 26 weeks of maternity and adoption leave.
  • Paternity Leave: Up to 4 weeks of paternity leave, allowing flexibility within 52 weeks of the birth or placement.
  • Neonatal Leave: An additional week of leave for every week the baby spends in neonatal care, up to the original due date, with a maximum of 12 weeks.
  • Fertility Leave: Up to five days of paid leave per cycle for prospective mothers undergoing treatment, and up to two days of paid leave for partners

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Cheshire, United Kingdom