Fresh Manager

Asda; London Borough of Southwark; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount: 15% off at Asda

Discretionary company bonus scheme

Enhanced electric car scheme

Free eye test for you and a nominated

Discounts on Asda services (Mobile, Ph

Job summary

Asda Old Kent Road is seeking a Fresh Manager to lead the Fresh department, ensuring top availability and shop floor standards through brilliant execution and strong leadership. You’ll manage waste and date code compliance while keeping the store safe and legal for customers and colleagues.

You’ll drive the shrink agenda with your Fresh team, create a culture of ownership, and empower staff to step up with clear actions and measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• Drive strategy into action: plan and execute trading activity on the shopfloor to deliver availability.
• Lead with impact: coach the team to improve routines and processes with confidence.
• Results-focused: ensure shopfloor activity is delivered on time to support selling.
• Talent Development: coach and develop the team, fostering ownership and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Manage Fresh department day-to-day in-store operations, maintaining availability and standards.
• Lead waste control, date code compliance and ensure safety and legality for customers and colleagues.
• Drive shrink reduction through the Fresh team and actionable improvements.
• Inspire a selling culture, coaching staff to upsell and deliver exceptional customer service.

Skills

Strategy into action

Lead with impact

Results-focused

Talent development

Job description

Job Title Fresh Manager

Location Old Kent Road

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 17 November 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

There's a lot more to Asda than meets the aisle. We’re a big player in our world with a mission to be the UK’s best fresh food and clothing superstore. How? By giving ordinary working people and their families what they need for their shopping - real value. That means you get to make a difference in our customers’ lives. From the tills, the office, or on the road, the scale of everything we deliver is huge. And that means the scale of opportunities for your career is just as big. Whether you're in store, on the road or behind the scenes, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow and make a real impact. Find your everything at Asda.