Express Senior Buying Manager Fresh

Asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Leeds is seeking an Express Senior Buying Manager for Fresh to deliver the commercial strategy across key areas such as category planning and P&L management. You will lead teams, optimize promotional plans, and ensure market competitiveness. This role offers competitive salary, hybrid working, and an excellent benefits package including a discretionary bonus and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 1.5 times

Company car allowance of £8000

15% colleague discount

Free wellbeing services

Inclusion networks

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Commercially focused leader delivering customer-centric strategies.
• Experience in shaping category and trade plans with P&L accountability.
• Strong collaboration skills with suppliers and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Commercial Managers and Trade Planning teams.
• Shape and deliver the Express commercial strategy.
• Drive profitability through robust P&L ownership.

Skills

Commercial focus

Leadership

Collaboration

Analytical and data-driven

Strong communication

Agility in decision-making

Job description

Job Title

Express Senior Buying Manager Fresh

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive Salary plus benefits

Category

Allocation

Closing Date

24 November 2025

“Find your role”

This role is accountable for shaping and delivering the Express commercial strategy across six key pillars: Category Strategy & Insight, Trade Planning, Range Planning, P&L Management, Execution & Team Development, and Customer & Market Focus. You will lead Commercial Managers and Trade Planning teams to embed customer-centric strategies, optimize promotional and range plans, and drive profitability through robust P&L ownership. Collaboration with suppliers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams is critical to ensure innovation, operational readiness, and competitive positioning.

About you:

• You will be commercially focused, a leader who thrives on delivering customer-centric strategies and driving profitable growth.
• You excel at shaping category and trade plans, optimizing ranges, and ensuring robust P&L accountability.
• Being a great collaborator is key to your success— you’ll work closely with suppliers, finance, and cross-functional teams to embed innovation and operational readiness.
• With a strong focus on insight, execution, and team development, you champion market competitiveness and customer-led initiatives, achieving measurable improvements in sales, ROI, and efficiency.

“Let's find out about you.”

• Analytical and data driven, skilled in using data to make informed decisions and optimise results.
• Be a strong communicator with great personal skills to work with people at all levels – not just in our business, but also beyond it.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage change and drive results.
• You will be agile and an effective decision maker, willing to move, fail and learn fast.
• Be obsessed about our purpose and our customers.

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 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%)
• Company Car allowance of £8000
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 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