Productivity Specialist

We're looking for an enthusiastic and results driven individual to join our team, focusing specifically on implementing productivity improvements, with a core focus on Labour Planning, across our entire retail network, covering both Convenience and Retail. This is a pivotal role where you will be instrumental in ensuring a smooth transition and successful adoption of new projects designed to enhance store performance, optimise labour spend, save time, and improve the customer experience across all our retail formats.

You'll be at the heart of decision making and implementation, using your comprehensive retail expertise and influence to deliver meaningful change directly into our stores. You will manage the introduction of projects, gather feedback, and resolve immediate issues on the ground.

As a specialist focusing on productivity, particularly Labour Planning, you will take ownership for the successful, smooth, and rapid implementation of all relevant projects across our entire estate. You'll be responsible for:

• Support with the implementation of the strategy for productivity and labour planning improvements, ensuring minimal disruption to operational flow across diverse store formats (Convenience and Superstores).
• Producing timely, effective, and clear communication plans that are tailored to the unique operational demands and staff structures of both smaller and larger format retail environments.
• Ensuring alignment of implementation schedules to minimise the impact on essential store tasks, delivery schedules, and peak trading times in all retail contexts.
• Building strong, collaborative relationships and high engagement with Store Managers and colleagues across the estate while implementing initiatives, providing hands on support and training.
• Updating progress tracking reports and communicating implementation progress to senior stakeholders.
• Monitoring, identifying, and actioning issues or risks specific to project delivery across the varied store portfolio.
• Creating an implementation plan and delivering benefits to agreed time and costs, with a specific focus on achieving labour efficiency and cost savings.

In return for all your hard work, you will receive:

• 15% discount in store from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Annual bonus scheme
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
• Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' giving you discount with over 850 retailers
• Free parking onsite
• Enhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Private Healthcare

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.

You should be an exceptional communicator with the ability to influence at all levels, particularly with store teams. 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.

We are specifically looking for the following:

• Proven, hands on experience within retail.
• A strong understanding of Labour Planning, scheduling systems, and workforce management processes.
• A strong, practical understanding of day-to-day operations, including merchandising, till systems, stock management, and especially task planning/workload scheduling.
• The ability to effectively manage the implementation of multiple, complex projects across a high volume of diverse stores.
• Strong influencing and relationship building skills, capable of driving change and adoption with store level management.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, adaptable for both store colleagues and senior leaders.
• A good understanding of the commercial impact of time, process, and labour efficiencies in a high volume, low margin environment.