Ambient Manager - Ashington

Asda Stores Ltd.; Ashington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary company bonus

Enhanced electric car scheme

Free eye test

Company pension

Wellbeing services

Inclusion networks

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd. in Ashington is seeking an Ambient Manager to lead the Ambient department. You will run day-to-day operations, ensure excellent availability and shop floor standards, and uphold safety and legal compliance for customers and colleagues.

You will drive the shrink agenda, lead with impact, and coach your team to deliver tangible results while maintaining a customer-focused, high-service culture.

Qualifications

• Experience as Team Leader or Supervisor in a retail environment.
• Operational knowledge on food or non-food departments.
• Strong organisational skills and customer service.
• Ability to drive strategy into action on the shop floor.
• Experience leading teams and managing change through leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead ambient department day-to-day operations in store.
• Deliver best availability and shop floor standards through execution.
• Ensure store is safe and legal for customers and colleagues.
• Drive shrink agenda and improve availability with the team.
• Coach and develop ambient team members.

Skills

Leadership

Store operations

Customer service

Planning & execution

Team development

Shrink reduction

Job description

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.
  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. Are you ready to take the next step and be the guiding force behind one of our
  Job TitleAmbient ManagerLocationAshington Lintonville TerraceEmployment TypeFull timeContract TypePermanentShift PatternWork Shift: DaysHours per Week45Salary Competitive salary plus benefits CategoryStore ManagementClosing Date6 October 2026, 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