Productivity Manager - Online
To manage the Online Productivity budget across all online areas; Store Pick, Immediacy, Amazon, and Morrisons Now. To ensure that there is smooth transition and introduction of all productivity projects in stores and for all productivity projects to be implemented on time to mitigate any commercial risks on the Online P&L.
Accountabilities:
Customer:
- Define implementation strategy for productivity improvements which ensure the Customer Journey is not impacted.
- Trial and measure all initiatives where there is an expected customer impact.
- Set up governance meetings to finalise decisions using data, and sign off the implementation and communication plan.
- Produce timely, effective and clear customer communications of any customer impacting initiatives.
Colleague:
- Build strong relationships and engagement with Store, Senior Managers and Online Teams in store and in the office. Hold weekly 121’s with relevant teams and working groups to ensure successful implementation of projects.
- Roundtables/listening groups with in-store / field teams to identify process improvements and further productivity savings.
- Hold bi-monthly senior meetings on status of Productivity initiatives versus budget.
Operational:
- Measure all initiatives using labour planning to accurately calculate savings.
- Produce timely, effective and clear store communications plan for all initiatives that can be understood by all stakeholders. Ensuring alignment of implementation schedules for productivity initiatives to ensure the impact upon stores is minimal and aligned across the business.
- Update progress tracking reports and communicate progress to senior stakeholders on the delivery of initiatives.
- Monitor, identify and action issues / risks to initiative delivery to resolve or escalate as appropriate.
- Create implementation plan and deliver benefits to agreed time and costs
Sales, Profit and Cash:
- Contribute to the Productivity Planning Sessions to support productivity team in hitting group target
- Create and own a 3 year plan for Online productivity savings
About you
Role-specific knowledge, skills & experience:
Knowledge:
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Strong understanding of online, retail & store operations
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Google (inc docs / sheets / slides) to advanced level
Skills:
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Strong Influencing / Stakeholder management
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Excellent Presentation and communication skills.
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Good understanding of Financial, Payroll, ILP and Commercial impact
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Ability to manage implementation of multiple projects across 500 supermarkets and c1000 convenience
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Able to build 3 year strategies and create next steps to work toward these.
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Write capex and board papers.
Experience:
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Significant online experience
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Significant understanding of online operations model and store structures
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Experience of wider store and retail support functions desirable
About us
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
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15% discount in store from the day you join us
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Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
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Annual bonus scheme
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Career progression and development opportunities
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Generous holiday entitlement
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Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
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Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
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‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
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Free parking onsite
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Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
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Private Healthcare
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Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)
Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.
There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.
We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference and belong.
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.
Plan your journey
Hilmore House (Head Office), Bradford, United Kingdom
Learning and development is at the heart of our business
As you can imagine, Morrisons is a busy place to be. There’s lots going on - processes, changes, new initiatives, different ways of working. And that’s just on a Monday morning.
It means there’s a lot to learn. But learning isn’t just about understanding what’s involved in day-to-day workloads. It’s also about growing and developing in your career, too. That’s why we’ve made sure that learning and development is at the heart of our business. We’re here to make sure everyone has everything they need to be their best - and to go as far as they want.
Our DE&I workstreams
We're proud to have a diverse group of colleagues working here. We want everyone to feel valued in an environment where we promote respect, where they feel a sense of belonging, and feel celebrated as individuals.
These are the moments that matter to them - and they matter to us, too.
Everyone is welcome to get involved in our Ethnic Diversity, Ability, LGBTQ+, Women, and Family & Carers workstreams, too. They’re designed to help us better reflect our customers, colleagues, and communities so we can become an even more inclusive business.
As a business, we love bringing people together. And we think it’s one of the biggest reasons to be part of our team.
Our Process
We've outlined below what our typical process looks like, this can vary slightly depending upon the role or team you've applied for. Our goal is to provide a positive and accessible experience for all applicants, ensuring everyone has the support they need to showcase their best selves.
Our resourcing team are on hand to help with any questions about your application and you can reach them by e-mailing resourcing@morrisonsplc.co.uk.
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Find an opportunity that's right for you
Once you've found a role that's right for you, you can apply via this site. If it's your first time applying with us then we'll need all your essential information and we might ask you to upload your most recent CV. If you've applied for roles with us before then we should recognise you and you won't need to share these details again, unless something has changed that you need to update us on.
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Online Assessment (Customer Assistant roles)
After your application, we might send you an e-mail and ask you to complete an online assessment. This is typically a situation judgement test where we'll ask you ten questions with mutliple choice answers and takes around 10-15 minutes to complete. The questions will give you a feel for the types of scenarios you might encounter working in our stores - think customer first.
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Let's find out more
For some of our stores and site roles, if you've been successful with your application we might just e-mail and ask you to book a slot for your interview. For other roles our resourcing team will get in touch with you to find out a bit more about you and why you applied. They'll also answer any questions you might have about us and the role. After all, it's a two way process!
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Interview
Our interviews are typically face to face but can sometimes be virtual. Don't worry, we'll advise either way. Your interview can differ depending on the role or team. Part of the interview may include some competency questions against our Ways of Working (listed below).
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Final Stage
With some of our roles there might be a second interveiw. This tends to be for roles in our Head Office and some salaried positions across our stores and sites. As part of this second stage, we might ask you to complete a task, such as a SWOT analysis or something similar, and present it back during the interview. This helps us understand your approach and thinking about the role.
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Decision
Our resourcing team or the store or site you've applied to will be in touch with you as soon as they can to let you know the outcome. If you've been successful we'll share the details of our offer with you and follow up with everything you need on e-mail.
Ways of Working
Our Ways of Working are like a set of values that define our core beliefs, guide decision-making, and shape our culture and how we operate.
Customer First - I care about our customers and do everything I can to meet their needs
Teamwork - I always play my part in the team, and I recognise we go further together
Working Freely in a Framework - I’m trusted to make my own decisions and encouraged to improve things for customers and for us
Care and Respect - We care more and try harder; for each other, for everyone around Morrisons
Listen and Respond - I take the time to talk with and listen to colleagues and customers, and always do the right thing for the them
Grow Sales, Low Cost - I understand my part in the end-to-end process and look for ways to drive improvement
Life at Morrisons offers more than you imagine.
We’re a Yorkshire based food manufacturer and retailer, and our story began with a simple market stall in Bradford all the way back in 1899. Today, we’re still just as committed to delivering on our promise of 'freshness from farm to fork' for every customer. It’s why we’ve grown to become one of the UK’s leading supermarkets. And, with 90,000 colleagues, nearly 500 stores, and 11 million customers every week, there are now more reasons to join us than you can imagine.
Discover Head Office at Morrisons
Our stores aren’t the only place where the magic happens. You’ll find a proper buzz at Head Office in Bradford, too. This is where support for store colleagues begins, from those big board decisions on our business processes, right down to thinking up new ideas to help support our colleagues.
But what we love most about Head Office is that there are more functions than you probably imagine - from trading to marketing, finance to tech, and HR to property. And we all work together to make sure our stores and manufacturing & logistics sites have everything they need to succeed.
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