Ambient Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Staff recognition

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd in Belfast is seeking an Ambient Manager to lead the ambient department and drive exceptional availability and shop floor standards. You will manage the team, oversee promotions and stock delivery, and ensure safety and legal compliance on the shop floor.

The role focuses on shrink reduction, coaching staff, and delivering a high level of customer service while maintaining a compliant and efficient store environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a retail team and managing daily operations.
• Proven ability to improve product availability and reduce waste.
• Strong customer service mindset and store standards.
• Experience driving shrink reduction and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead ambient department and drive daily operations.
• Ensure product availability and accurate promotions on the shop floor.
• Coach and develop team, fostering a culture of service with impact.
• Ensure safety, legality and adherence to policies across shifts.

Skills

Team leadership

Retail operations

Customer service

Shrink reduction

Availability optimization

Change management

MS Office

POS systems

Tools

MS Office

POS systems

Job description

Job Title: Ambient Manager

Location: Shore Road Belfast

Employment Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Shift Pattern: Work Shift: Afternoons

Hours per Week: 45

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Category: Store Management

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

At Asda, we want you to find your everything as a Ambient Manager, you'll play a vital role in the day-to-day running of all areas of the Ambient department in store by delivering the best availability and highest shop floor standards through brilliant execution whilst ensuring the store is safe and legal for our customer and colleagues. You will lead the shrink agenda through your Ambient team, driving standards and inputs as well as acting on opportunities with clear actions.

What qualities you’ll need:

• Drive strategy into action: Planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor, delivering great availability standards, key metrics and KRAs through routine and processes.
• Lead with impact: Engaging and coaching your team to constantly improve routine and process whilst creating a culture of serving with personality and get one more item in every basket.
• Results-focused: Ensuring shopfloor and promotional activity is landed to brief and on time to drive the store selling agenda by ensuring products are available in the aisle as well as on promotional end/shipper.
• Talent Development: Listen with empathy, driving resilience and encourage ownership, focus and passion for the business by bringing the "Asdaness" to work every day and supporting the development of the team and creating an environment where people feel valued, trusted, and motivated to step up.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience as Team Leader or Supervisor in a retail environment.
• Operational knowledge on food or non-food departments.
• Knowledge of improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink.
• Experience developing teams and managing change through leadership and building resilience.
• Strong organisational skills and great customer service.

Everything you'll love

• Colleague discount: 15% off your shopping at Asda from day 1 for you and a nominated user
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Access to an enhanced electric car scheme
• Free eye test for you and your nominated user
• Discounted rates and special offers on Asda services such as Mobile, Pharmacy, Opticians, Personal Loan, Pet Insurance, Travel Insurance, Travel Money, Tyres, Breakdown Cover
• Stream: access to flexible pay, income tracker, financial coaching, exclusive savings account and much more
• Company pension
• Wellbeing: including 24/7 virtual GP, 24/7 EAP service, as well as access to free counselling, legal, mortgage, cancer and bereavement support
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.
• Colleague recognition programme
• Special offers and discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas

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