Category Trade Planning Manager

ASDA; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail supermarket in West Yorkshire is seeking a Category Trade Planning Manager on a fixed-term contract. The role involves developing category strategies, business partnering with buyers, and ensuring compliance in trade plans. Ideal candidates will have experience in buying or trade planning, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence across teams. The position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including a hybrid working model and company car allowance.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in buying, category management or trade planning.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a matrix team.
• Experience of working with customer data to develop actionable plans.

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of contact with the customer team.
• Develop category strategy with business units using analytics.
• Ensure compliance messages are communicated to the customer.

Skills

Experience in buying

Category management

Trade planning

Ability to work independently

Data analysis skills

Conflict handling

Influencing skills

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Category Trade Planning Manager

Location: Asda House

Employment Type: Full time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits

Category: Corporate Visual Merchandising

Closing Date: 8 October 2025

Trade Planning Manager

Asda is looking for a Trade Planning Manager to work in our Trade Planning & Category Strategy teams on a Fixed term contract.

Find your role

You will be joining us at an exciting time as we begin our journey to ASDA price and the simplification of our range and proposition. This is a key development role for anyone looking to broaden their skill set and would suit someone with a buying, marketing background.

You will business partner with the buyers in the team and you will be an intrinsic part of the business unit owning the trade plan and developing the category strategy.

This role reports into the Senior Trade Planning Manager for Trade Planning and Category Strategy which is part of the commercial team and will cover all channels & formats.

The key areas of responsibility will be to support

Responsibilities

• Be the point of contact with the customer team to translate and deliver the brief set from the strategic trade plan across all channels.
• Develop the category strategy programme alongside the business unit, working with the customer team using analytics & insight to build a winning trade plan that delivers our formula for growth objectives
• Work with the category to ensure legal and compliance messages are communicated to the customer
• Develop the strategic plan for space & range as part of the category strategy output
• Run the post launch review process for range change and promotions using existing processes
• Work with other marketing co-ordinators on wider food and team initiatives as & when required

About You

• Experience in buying, category management or trade planning
• Ability to work independently and as part of wider, matrix team structure
• Experience of working with customer data to turn into action orientated plans
• Be comfortable handling admin and achieving deadlines
• Handle conflict when it occurs, often with senior team members
• The ability to influence at different levels across the business

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• 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.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves"