Morrisons Team Leader

We are on the search for a highly-motivated customer-focused Retail Team Leader, with great team leading skills and objective orientated approach to their day-to-day work, to join our team and support the Management team in our new Morrisons Daily store, in the centre of our busy campus.

A background of working in the grocery retail sector in a similar role is essential, as well as experience working in a large department within a complex organization. Leading the team on the day to day shop floor operations, you will be proactive in ensuring the store looks at it’s best at all times, being part of the team in ensuring all staff are putting the customer first, and ensuring the due dilligence of the store is being carried out by the retail assistants, the performance expected of the Retail team will show through your commitment, engagement and passion to achieve the very best in everything that you do.

Our new Morrisons Daily store supports not only the 3,000 resident students but also the students living off-campus and staff, as well as visitors to the campus. This busy store is at the heart of the student experience and we are looking for someone that can be adaptable to the day and the week’s requirements.

We’ve got big plans for the Hospitality service at UWE Bristol and you could be part of helping us achieve this vision by being part of the team in delivering great customer service and products whilst working to strict targets. Day to day, you’ll lead the team effectively in the store, working alongside the Store manager and Retail Assistants, as well as any Casual and Agency staff that may be involved in the running of the store, training up new members of the team, setting and working to financial targets and managing the required Due diligence processes; this role is essential in delivering an exceptional experience to all our customers. 

You’ll be part of the Hospitality department, where we cater for around 100,000 people each week serving an array of different types of food and drinks in our 15 catering outlets across 3 campuses all located in Bristol.

There are many benefits to working with us, for example, a good work-life balance, an amazing pension scheme, excellent leave allowance starting at a minimum of 25 days, the option to buy a TOTUM card (student discount card), a cycle to work scheme and many more!

We expect all our retail staff to be available to work between 6:30 am and 12:30 am Monday to Sunday, with shifts on a rota basis, and you will be an integral part of this team.

This is a permanent role, working 37 hours per week, and we’ve got some really generous overtime rates to make overtime worth your while.

Any shifts after 8 pm attract an additional one-fifth of the hourly rate and overtime is paid at time and a half; with double time on a Sunday.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol, one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.