General Store Manager: Lead a High-Impact Centre

Asda; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Asda is seeking a General Store Manager in Greater Manchester to lead the store's day-to-day operations across key departments, ensuring availability, reducing waste and shrink, and running a compliant, customer-focused Superstore.

You will partner with the Operations Manager and department managers to deliver consistent standards, drive productivity and empower a team through coaching, empathy and transparent leadership.

Qualifications

• Execution and result-focused mindset with resilience and delivery discipline.
• Strong commercial awareness including impact of availability, waste and shrink.
• Coaching and developing leadership teams to raise shopfloor standards and store performance.
• Organised and efficient work style in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Collaborative approach to drive cross-department alignment and customer experience.
• Data-driven decisions to drive operational improvements and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning strategy and execution of store day-to-day operations across departments (Non-Food, Online, Customer).
• Minimise waste and shrink while maximising product availability and store safety/compliance.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager and department managers to deliver consistent standards and productivity.
• Coach and empower managers to drive results through questions, ownership and initiative.

Skills

Execution and result-focused

Commercial awareness

Coaching and Leadership

Organised and efficient

Collaborative

Data-driven

Job description

Asda is seeking a General Store Manager in Greater Manchester to lead the store's day-to-day operations across key departments, ensuring availability, reducing waste and shrink, and running a compliant, customer-focused Superstore.

You will partner with the Operations Manager and department managers to deliver consistent standards, drive productivity and empower a team through coaching, empathy and transparent leadership.