Fresh Food Manager

More About The Role
At Morrisons, we’re proud to be The Market Street Grocer. We don’t just move boxes; we are food makers and shopkeepers. As a Fresh Food Manager, you won’t be stuck behind a desk. You’ll be the driving force behind our fresh departments, orchestrating stunning product displays, managing short-life stock, and ensuring our customers experience a vibrant, bustling place to shop.
Reporting into the Store Manager, you'll be the operational driving force behind two core zones: Produce (Fruit & Veg) and Fresh Chilled.
What you'll be doing day-to-day:
* Leading with Passion: Inspiring, coaching, and developing a team of team leaders and fresh department colleagues.
* Driving Fresh Excellence: Maximising sales through striking visual merchandising, seasonal trade planning, and peak stock availability.
* Managing the Numbers: Taking full ownership of fresh sales targets, tight food waste management, shrinkage, and labour budgets.
* Keeping it Safe: Upholding highest-degree food safety, temperature control, legal compliance, and trading standards.
* Putting Customers First: Being a visible leader on the floor, ensuring an authentic, passionate "shopkeeper" environment.
More About You
You thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume fresh retail or food service operation and understand how to run a highly profitable, short-life stock environment.
* Proven Leadership: Experience managing teams, driving standards, and bringing out the best in people.
* Commercial Mindset: Ability to read trade reports, manage stock rotation, and tightly control food waste.
* Hands-on Attitude: You love the energy of the morning set-up and leading by example during busy peaks.
* Brilliant Communicator: Skilled at building strong relationships with teams, store leadership, and customers.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
More 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:
* Competitive Salary: Discussed early in the process to match your experience
* Colleague Discount: 15% staff discount for you, 10% for a nominated friend/family member.
* Time Off: 33 days annual leave.
* Future Growth: Access to our University-accredited Sir Ken Morrison Leadership School programme.
* Healthcare & Pension: Highly competitive pension scheme and private healthcare.
* Family Support: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
* My Morri Rewards: Instant discounts, cashback, and perks on everyday dining and leisure