Morrisons has begun a consultation programme over a management restructure of its logistics network, understood to affect almost 300 job roles.
According to documents seen by The Grocer, the proposals will have an impact on all seven of the supermarket’s company-run distribution centres, with each moving to a single operation manager role.
The changes would also remove team manager roles in Morrisons’ ambient supply chain and reduce the number of roles in its chilled operations, as well as the amount of managers and co-ordinators working in canteen teams.
The retailer will instead bring in new hourly-paid roles and shift managers.
Morrisons is understood to have notified workers last week that 297 roles including warehouse managers, team managers, canteen co-ordinators and people advisors would be put up for redundancy.
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The supermarket said that the selection process will be based on factors such as interviews, disciplinary records, and performance.
As part of the consultation process, which is expected to be completed by 21 April, workers will be offered alternative roles where possible.
Bellshill, which is run by a third party, will not be affected by these proposals.
The changes will also see Morrisons ditching its four-day working week model for most of its warehouse and logistics support colleagues.
Instead, employees would continue to work Saturdays while splitting their work across five eight-hour shifts per week from 22 April.
A Morrisons spokesperson told Grocery Gazette: “As part of our ongoing plans to speed up and simplify the business, Morrisons has today announced the start of a consultation programme on some changes to the Operations and People teams across seven logistics sites excluding our Bellshill site.
“The proposed restructuring will lead to a more responsive and simpler structure that will be better able to support our retail operations seven days a week. This proposal is likely to affect around 300 roles across the seven affected sites.”
