Assistant Store Manager

asda; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Eye tests

Pension

Wellbeing support

Inclusion networks

Parental leave

Colleague recognition

Job summary

Asda is seeking an Assistant Store Manager in Burton upon Trent to drive day-to-day trading across multiple departments, ensuring safety, legality, and excellent customer service. You will support the Store Manager to deliver great shopping experiences and lead a motivated team on shift.

The role requires proven leadership in grocery retail, strong organisational skills, and flexibility to work days, with a comprehensive benefits package included.

Qualifications

• Grocery retail leadership experience.
• Operational knowledge across store departments.
• Ability to improve availability and reduce waste.
• Experience developing teams and managing change.
• Good understanding of HR policies and ER cases.
• Strong organisational skills and customer service.
• Flexible to work weekends/evenings.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute all trading activity on the shop floor to meet availability targets and KPIs.
• Lead shrink agenda and drive standards with the team and Store Manager.
• Deliver the store selling agenda with timely promotions and floor standards.
• Coach and develop the team, fostering a culture of customer service and accountability.

Skills

Grocery retail leadership

Store operations

Customer service

Job description

Job Title

Assistant Store Manager

Location

Burton On Trent

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Shift Pattern

Work Shift: Days

Hours per Week

45

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Store Management

Closing Date

22 September 2026

At Asda, we want you tofind your everything as aDuty Manager,you’llplay a vital role in the day-to-day running of our supermarket stores by planning and executing all trading activity across multiple departments whilst ensuring the store is safe and legal for our customer and colleagues.

You’lllead the shrink agenda through the team, driving standards and inputs as well as acting on opportunities and business priorities with clear actions alongside the Store Manager to deliver a brilliant shopping experience and ensure our store isa great placeto work.

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 food hall leadership team in waste and mark down compliance as well as the rest of the team to deliver excellent shopfloor standards whilst creating a culture of serving our customers with personality, heart and pride, and get one more item in every basket.
• Results-focused: Lead team with energy and pace to ensure shopfloor and promotional activity is landed to brief and on time to drive the store selling agenda whilst focus on opportunities and business priorities.
• 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

Whatyou’llbring:

• Experience as Team Leader, Supervisor or Manager in a grocery retail environment.

• Operational knowledge across food and non-food departments.

• Knowledgeof improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink.

• Experience developing teams and managing change through leadership and building resilience.
• Good understanding HR policies and processes, and exposure to complex ER cases.
• Strong organisational skills and great customer service.
• Flexibility to work a range of shifts, including weekends and evenings.

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