Ambient Manager

Asda; Portadown; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 15%

Discretionary bonus scheme

Electric car scheme

Free eye test

Discounts on Asda services

Financial wellbeing stream

Company pension

Wellbeing support services

Inclusion networks

Parental leave policies

Colleague recognition programme

Special offers and discounts

Job summary

Asda in Portadown is looking for an Ambient Manager to lead the ambient department, ensuring excellent availability and highest shop floor standards through strong execution. You will oversee day-to-day operations, drive the shrink agenda, and coach a team to deliver great service while maintaining safety and compliance.

The role requires experience in retail leadership, with a focus on improving availability, reducing waste, and developing staff.

Qualifications

• Guiding trading activity on shopfloor to improve availability and KPI delivery.
• Coaching and developing the ambient team to raise service standards.
• Driving shrink reduction and store performance through effective leadership.
• Ability to implement company policies and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Ambient department day-to-day operations.
• Ensure availability and store standards while maintaining safety and legality.
• Drive the shrink agenda and action plans with the team.

Skills

Strategy to action

Team leadership

Commercial focus

People development

Job description

Ambient Manager

Portadown

Full time

Permanent

Work Shift: Days

45

Competitive salary plus benefits

Store Management

30 August 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, and 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