Fresh Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 15%

Discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Eye test

Pension

Wellbeing services

Inclusion networks

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd in Charlton is seeking a Fresh Manager to oversee the Fresh department, ensuring top availability, high shop-floor standards, waste control and legal compliance. You will lead the shrink agenda and drive standards with clear actions.

You will coach your team, plan trading activity, and develop talent while delivering strong customer service with heart and pride. This is a permanent, full-time role with a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading in a retail environment.
• Ability to plan and execute trading activity to improve availability and metrics.
• Proven capability to coach and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fresh department to deliver best availability and shop floor standards.
• Manage waste and date code compliance; ensure store is safe and legal.
• Drive shrink agenda and implement actions with the team.
• Coach and develop colleagues to foster ownership and resilience.

Skills

Trading activity planning

Team coaching

Customer service

Waste & shrink reduction

People development

Job description

Job Title Fresh Manager Location Charlton 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 to find your everything as a Fresh Manager, you’ll play a vital role in the day-to-day running of all areas of the Fresh department in store by delivering the best availability and highest shop floor standards through brilliant execution, managing waste and date code compliance whilst ensuring the store is safe and legal for our customer and colleagues. You will lead the shrink agenda through your Fresh 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 selling with personality and get one more item in every basket whilst serving our customers with heart and pride.
• Results-focused: Ensuring shopfloor, promotional and modular activity is landed to brief and on time to drive the store selling agenda.
• 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.
• Flexibility to work a range of shifts, including weekends and evenings.

Are you ready to take the next step and be the guiding force behind one of our Superstores/centres?

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

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