Fresh Manager

Asda; Reading; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Asda in Reading is seeking a Fresh Manager to steer the day-to-day running of the Fresh department, delivering best availability and high shop floor standards through excellent execution and compliance with waste and date codes. You will lead the shrink agenda, drive standards and take action on opportunities.

You’ll need experience as a Team Leader or Supervisor in retail, with knowledge of improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink.

Qualifications

• Planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor.
• Engaging and coaching your team to improve routine and process.
• Drive store selling by landing promotions to brief.
• Developing and supporting the team; building resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead fresh department day-to-day operations to ensure availability and standards.
• Manage waste and date code compliance.
• Ensure store is safe and legal for customers and colleagues.
• Lead shrink agenda and act on opportunities with clear actions.

Skills

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Customer service

Change resilience

Organisational skills

Job description

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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Fresh Manager

• Company: Asda
• Hours: Full-time
• Location: Reading, RG6 5TT
• Working pattern: On-site
• Job type: Permanent
• Posting date: 29 Oct 2026
• Closing date: 28 Nov 2026

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.