Trading Assistant - Snacks, Sweet Biscuits & Cereal

Morrisons; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job description

About The Role

Fancy working for Morrisons? We’ve got an incredible opportunity that doesn’t come around every day for a Trading Assistant to be based at our Head Office in Bradford.

Our trading teams are key to our success and as a Trading Assistant you'll join our busy, fast-paced and dynamic Trading teams. We are on the hunt for a trader or future traders to join our Home category and would love to hear from anyone with relevant experience.

Not only are we the second largest manufacturer of fresh food in the UK, but we also ensure our traceability, in particular our meat products, to show it is ethically sourced, from which region of the UK and by whom, to help us paint a full picture for our customers from farm-to-fork. Working within embedded business teams, our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience.

About You

So that you are set for success, we are looking for a self-starter, who is a great communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. You will work as part of a versatile team with a can-do culture, so it’s important that you are tenacious and strive for excellence.

This is what we’re looking for:

• Ability to manage multiple requirements to short timescales, with a desire to give excellent customer service
• A strong desire and passion to pursue a career in Buying
• Good attention to detail with a persistent and positive attitude
• Self-motivated with a strong ability to plan and organise
• Good commercial and financial understanding and experience with strong numerical ability
• Strong ability to communicate effectively whether face to face, telephone or email
• Ability to analyse complex data
• Confident with an ability to use initiative and seek out solutions

About The Team

At Morrisons, we're the single biggest food manufacturer in the UK, and the only retailer to operate our own processing sites. Which means we're not just responsible for keeping our shelves stocked - we need to stock our manufacturing sites, too.

As a true one-of-a-kind business, we curate, arrange and buy everything from raw materials like flour and meat to the products our customers pop in for every day. We negotiate prices and make sure we're able to sell as much as we can. We look at product packaging and quality to help us decide where products will sit in our stores. And when you remember that each category is worth a percentage of our overall £12 billion turnover from supermarket sales alone, the impact of each trading team is huge.

We work in embedded business teams, so our Buyers sit with their supply chain, finance and technical counterparts, working alongside each other to make decisions and take action quickly. We even have joint targets so that we're unified in our mission to serve our customers.

About The Company

Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.

Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.

We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.

Our business is fast-paced and ever-changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…

Benefits

Some of the benefits you can expect as follows:

• 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working
• Company pension contributions
• Perks with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite