Fresh Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; South Cheriton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Electric car scheme

Eye tests

Service discounts

Flexible pay

Pension

Wellbeing services

Inclusion networks

Parental leave

Recognition program

Discounts on services

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking a Fresh Manager in Yeovil to lead the Fresh department, ensuring top shelf standards, availability, and compliance with waste and date codes. You will guide and coach a team, driving a culture of excellent customer service and safe store operations.

This full-time, permanent role requires leading a team, managing shifts, and delivering strong sales performance with a focus on shrink reduction and process improvement. Competitive benefits accompany the salary.

Qualifications

• Experience as Team Leader or Supervisor in a retail environment.
• Strong customer service and leadership skills.
• Ability to drive availability and reduce waste in a fast-paced store.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fresh department day-to-day operations to deliver best availability and shop floor standards.
• Manage waste control and date code compliance while keeping the store safe and legal for customers and colleagues.
• Drive the shrink agenda through the Fresh team and take actionable opportunities to improve results.

Skills

Leadership

Team leadership

Customer service

Coaching

Change management

Job description

Job Title

Fresh Manager

Location

Yeovil

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 October 2026

At Asda, we want you to 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

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