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When it comes to buying the products we sell to our customers, our Commercial team is where it all happens. From deciding what goes on our shelves, to negotiating prices, to processing payments, we play a huge role in making good things happen and helping people get the food they need.
One-of-a-kind opportunities
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 £12billion turnover from supermarket sales alone, the impact of each buying team is huge.
To put it all into perspective, our Junior Buyers are each responsible for at least a £10-15 million budget. When it comes to raw meat alone, we deal with half a billion pounds of livestock and 3,000 farmers per year. And that’s just scratching the surface.
Everyone plays their part
Across Commercial, you’ll find a 170 strong buying team who are mainly field based. Then there’s our technical team who spend their time auditing farms. What’s more, we also have teams of specialists and administrators who keep us legal, lead on projects, make sure our suppliers are paid, and much more.
Inside our teams we have Buyers, Buying managers and Senior buying managers, supported by a Head of Buying, Category directors and Trading directors. And everyone plays a part in maintaining our strong presence across our industry - thanks to our unique supply chain.
But what makes working in Commercial really exciting is that most people are promoted from within, which means our commitment to training and development is huge. We cover lots of areas, from animal welfare to nutrition - and if you can really perform at your best, you’ll be able to make the most of incredible opportunities for growth.
It’s somewhere you’ll go far
To join our Commercial team, you’ll need to be resilient enough to negotiate at the highest levels - and have the conviction to keep pushing to the end. You’ll need to be a strong and confident decision maker - someone with attention to detail who can interrogate data and ask the right questions.
And you’ll need lots of personality too. Our team is the kind of place where ambitious, passionate and enthusiastic people can thrive if they’re determined to make a real difference.
Add computer skills, an adaptable approach, and the ability to pull together as part of a team, and this is somewhere you’ll go far.
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Fresh
We provide the freshest of food from fruit, vegetables, seafood and sandwiches to freshly baked bread, cakes, eggs, prepared meals and meat and poultry. And our team doesn’t stop there – our Fresh experts are also behind our plants and gardening products, as well as the fare at Morrisons cafes.
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Ambient
We source all kinds of ranges for our shelves from sauces, sweets and cans of food to wines, pet food and beauty and household products.
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Market Street
Supporting Market Street projects and operations, we set out the model, pick ranges, create specifications and oversee new trials and department layouts. We’re in the thick of it all, coaching, advising and helping to coordinate everything from TV shoots to new department launches.
Making food is at the heart of what we do. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer and prepare more fresh food in store than any other supermarket.
We play a useful, thoughtful and important role in society. We look after our customers who look after themselves, their friends and family. We ensure quality at every stage from farm to fork by sourcing, producing, transporting, preparing, making, displaying, selling, serving and helping our customers choose quality food at great value.
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Trading Support
Our highly capable helpdesk is there to assist our trading team. Our Buying Assistants also provide extra support. Balancing commercial, operational and customer needs, they work with colleagues across our business, providing all kinds of support from admin and invoicing to communications and solving queries.
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Promotions
We manage all of our promotions from start to finish. Using our promotional planning tool, we deliver over 4,500 promotions, coaching and working with our colleagues in trading to make sure promotions are delivered accurately and on time. Also managing price changes and signage, we constantly look to do things even better and provide trading support 24/7.
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Nutmeg clothing & home
Staying ahead of the latest trends we source, develop and buy quality products and clothing at great value. Based in Bradford, Coalville and Hong Kong, we’re passionate about finding and supplying bespoke, own-label products and clothing our customers will love and won’t find anywhere else. Working up to a year in advance, we take great pride in helping our customers to celebrate seasonal events and provide products for their homes and gardens. We offer a variety of careers in buying, trade planning, supply, trends, design and import.
Cool kids’ clothes, adult essentials, the latest in women’s fashion: the team makes sure that customers get quality, choice and, of course, good value.
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Livestock
Unlike other supermarkets, we have our own Livestock team, where we purchase livestock, process payments and carry out farm audits. We currently buy £500m of livestock each year in partnership with 2,500 British farmers we know and we trust, many of whom have supplied us for generations. We even own and manage our own cattle too - it’s no wonder we have an incredibly strong presence in the industry!
We believe that by utilising this unique position within the industry, our dedicated team are able to help farmers grow their business with us, developing our path to sustainable livestock sourcing. Our buying team are mainly field based, where they are responsible for procurement and coordination of livestock to supply into our three Woodhead Bros sites; Colne in Lancashire, Spalding in Lincolnshire and Turriff in Aberdeenshire. We also have a Technical team who are responsible for auditing farms in our supply chain to ensure compliance with some of the highest welfare standards in the industry, as well as supporting our Woodhead Bros sites allowing us to be at the forefront of meat processing and animal welfare. Additionally, our team of specialists and administrators lead projects with key stakeholders, ensure we keep our working practices legal and make sure our suppliers are paid on time in line with their contract terms.
There are lots of opportunities for progression. So if you can mix ambition, enthusiasm, commercial awareness, and great communication and teamwork skills, with a knowledge of the livestock industry, this is the perfect place to grow your career.
TYPICAL ROLES
Head of buying
Leading a team of senior buying managers and buying managers, our heads of buying manage multiple complex categories and large budgets. This lead role within our trading team involves developing our teams, supply base and wider business.
Deputising for the category director, you’ll provide our customers with products they want to buy to drive sales, profits, margin and market share across your category today and tomorrow.
Buyer
Experts in their category, our buyers develop a great understanding of products in their category and provide our customers with products they want to buy to drive sales, profits, margin and market share over the next 12 months. This involves building strong relationships with suppliers and colleagues to ensure quality and quickly resolve any issues.
Senior buying manager
Our senior buying managers understand what products our customers want and make sure we can always provide them in our stores at competitive prices. Focusing on costs at all times and negotiating skilfully to minimise spend, they ensure our product pricing and promotions deliver great value while driving profits and growth across their category.
Join us in this role and you’ll work closely with our suppliers, customers and store teams to fully understand our unique approach to our customers, costs and products. You’ll also get to know our local markets to give our customers what they want and make sure they enjoy shopping with us.
Buying assistant
Putting our customers at the heart of everything they do, our buying assistants make things simpler for our colleagues by providing our buying teams with wide-ranging administrative support. Join us in this role and you’ll help to make sure that the right information is available in the right place at the right time, so effective buying decisions can be made.
“I don’t think there are many businesses that would give me this opportunity and experience, especially at my age and at this relatively early stage in my career.”
Simon - Head of Trading Ready Meals
