Fresh Manager - Ashington

Asda Stores Ltd.; Ashington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus scheme

Enhanced electric car scheme

Eye test for you and nominated user

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support (24/7 GP, EAP)

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd. is seeking a Fresh Manager for its Ashington store. You will lead the Fresh department day-to-day, driving availability, waste control, and date code compliance while ensuring safe and legal store operations for customers and colleagues.

You'll manage a team, prioritise great customer service, and strive to achieve top shop floor standards with effective execution and shrink management. Competitive salary plus extensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in a retail environment.
• Strong focus on customer service and store standards.
• Proven ability to drive availability and shrink reduction.

Responsibilities

• Lead Fresh department teams to deliver best availability and shop floor standards.
• Coach and develop colleagues to improve routines and processes.
• Ensure compliance with safety, date codes and waste management.

Skills

Team leadership

Retail experience

Customer service

Store operations

Job description

• 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.
• 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
Job TitleFresh ManagerLocationAshington Lintonville TerraceEmployment TypeFull timeContract TypePermanentShift PatternWork Shift: DaysHours per Week45Salary Competitive salary plus benefits CategoryStore ManagementClosing Date6 October 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., 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