Ambient Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary company bonus scheme

Enhanced electric car scheme

Free eye test

Pension

Wellbeing support

Inclusion networks

Parental leave policies

Colleague recognition programme

Discounts on services and activities

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd in Leyton is seeking an Ambient Manager to oversee the ambient department, driving top availability and high shop floor standards through precise execution while ensuring safety and legal compliance. You will lead the shrink agenda, develop the team, and coach colleagues to deliver excellent customer service and consistent stock availability across night shifts.

This full‑time role requires strong retail operations focus and resilience, with a competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee ambient department day-to-day operations in-store.
• Deliver best availability and high shop floor standards through precise execution.
• Lead the shrink agenda and drive standards across the team.
• Ensure safety and legal compliance for customers and colleagues.
• Develop and coach the ambient team and manage change with resilience.

Skills

Team leadership

Retail experience

Availability management

Customer service

Organisational skills

Job description

Job Title: Ambient Manager

Location: Leyton

Employment Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Shift Pattern: Work Shift: Nights Hours per Week 45

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Closing Date: 5 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 Alongside a competitive salary, you'll get lots of other great benefits too, including:

• 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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