Summary
If you think you have what it takes to join our next generation of retail leaders, we’re offering a fresh start and a proper job right here in our stores. We are looking for a Retailer Apprentice to join our store as part of our Proper Jobs: Fresh Start Programme whilst completing a level 2 Retailer Apprenticeship Standard.
What you will do at work
- You’ll start by spending 13 weeks working as a Morrisons Customer Assistant, before progressing to a 12-month apprenticeship in Retailing. If you successfully complete your apprenticeship and assessments, you could then progress to our Sir Ken Morrison Leadership School. This is a six-month programme, which can kickstart your journey into retail management
- After 13 weeks, you’ll move to a Retailer Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we’ll help you learn about the retail industry, from customer service, to sales, stock management, products, communication, teamwork, and loads more
- We’re looking for friendly individuals to help to provide great customer service in our stores, along with using in-store tech to carry out tasks like stock counts and gap scans – playing a role in keeping our shelves stocked for our customers
Training
After 13 weeks as a Customer Assistant, you’ll enrol as a Retailer Apprentice and:
- Complete a level 2 Retailer apprenticeship standard
- Have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
- Get hands-on experience in a job
- Study for 6 hours of your working hours
- Complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
From a Bradford market stall to one of the UK’s largest supermarket chains
Our core purpose:
To make and provide food we’re all proud of, where everyone’s effort is worthwhile, so more and more people can afford to enjoy eating well.
We are proud to be a Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK through our network of 497 conveniently located supermarkets and various online home delivery channels.
Our business is predominantly food and grocery focussed and uniquely, we source and process half of the fresh food that we sell in our own manufacturing facilities and stores which gives us close control over provenance and quality. Our committed and trained food makers and shopkeepers prepare food in-store for customers and we have more skilled colleagues preparing food in store than any other retailer.
Every week around 9 million customers pass through our doors and over 118,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover over 97% of UK postcodes through our online delivery service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.
After this apprenticeship
You’ll start by spending 13 weeks working as a Morrisons Customer Assistant, before progressing to a 12-month apprenticeship in Retailing. If you successfully complete your apprenticeship and assessments, you could then progress to our Sir Ken Morrison Leadership School. This is a six-month programme, which can kickstart your journey into retail management.
Retailing is the home of the Proper Job – and it’s been at the heart of Morrisons since 1899.
After 13 weeks, you’ll move to a Retailer Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we’ll help you learn about the retail industry, from customer service, to sales, stock management, products, communication, teamwork, and loads more.
Things to consider
This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received and you may be invited to an interview before the closing date. Please ensure you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Employee benefits
- Company benefits (optional)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges
- Free parking
- Competitive pension and life assurance
- Healthcare/well-being benefits, including Aviva Digital GP