Import Planning Analyst

Asda Stores Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybride; GBP 35 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Discretionary bonus

Pension up to 7% matched 15%

Colleague discount in store and online

Wellbeing services and discounts

Résumé du poste

Asda Stores Ltd. is seeking an Import Planning Analyst to oversee import stock flow across our General Merchandise and George supply chains. You will forecast volumes, coordinate with depots, logistics teams, freight forwarders and hauliers to keep products moving efficiently.

You will analyze data and build Excel reports to support business decisions, forecast accuracy, and cost management across the import network. This role is hybrid with a minimum of 3 days in our Home Office.

Qualifications

• Import Planning Analyst will plan and coordinate import stock flow across General Merchandise and George supply chains.
• Forecast volumes and manage stock availability to keep products moving efficiently.

Responsabilités

• Forecast and plan import volumes to support trading activity and seasonal demand.
• Work with internal teams, depots, central logistics, hauliers, shipping lines and freight forwarders to ensure efficient stock flow.
• Coordinate import activity and monitor stock availability across the network.
• Produce detention and demurrage reporting and support cost management activities.
• Develop and maintain Excel reports and dashboards to provide business insight.

Description du poste

Job Title Import Planning Analyst

Location Asda House

Employment Type Full time

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Per Week 37.5

Salary Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category Import/Export

Closing Date 12 November 2026

As an Import Planning Analyst, you will be responsible for planning and coordinating import stock flow across our General Merchandise and George supply chains.

Working closely with supply teams, depots, central logistics, hauliers, shipping lines, and freight forwarders, you will forecast volumes, manage stock availability, and ensure products move efficiently through the network.

Using data analysis and reporting, you will support key business events, drive forecast accuracy, manage detention and demurrage reporting, and develop Excel-based reporting solutions to support operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Forecast and plan import volumes to support trading activity and seasonal demand.
• Work with internal teams, depots, and central logistics to ensure efficient stock flow.
• Coordinate import activity with hauliers, shipping lines and freight forwarders.
• Manage import container planning and monitor stock availability across the network.
• Produce detention and demurrage reporting and support cost management activities.
• Develop and maintain Excel reports and dashboards to provide business insight.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.

Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched 15%
• colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

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.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day.

Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves

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.