Lead Night Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Eye test for staff

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd in Grimsby is seeking a Lead Night Manager to oversee the night trading, drive performance, and lead a large team on the night shift. The role requires hands-on leadership, strong decision-making, and a focus on delivering excellent customer service while ensuring smooth handover to the day team.

Flexibility for weekend work and nights is essential, with a competitive benefits package and opportunities for career progression within the store network.

Qualifications

• Experience managing teams in a large-format retail grocery environment, ideally overnight.
• Ability to make decisions independently with a hands-on attitude and a drive to improve processes and people.
• Confidence in developing large teams and managing change.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Flexibility to work a range of night shifts, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Drive trading activity into action on the night shift, ensuring delivery is date rotated and waste/returns are managed.
• Lead and coach night colleagues and team leaders to maintain shopfloor standards and a customer-first culture.
• Ensure the shopfloor is presented and POS is up to date before handing over to the day team.
• Support development of the team and create an environment where people feel valued and motivated to step up.

Skills

Night shift leadership

Team coaching

Customer service focus

Decision making

Job description

Job Overview

Job Title: Lead Night Manager
Location: Grimsby
Employment Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Work Shift: Nights
Hours per Week: 45
Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits
Category: Store Management
Closing Date: 28 September 2026

What qualities you’ll need:

• Drive strategy into action: Planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor during night shift by ensuring delivery is date rotated and waste and returns are managed correctly limiting damage through replenishment.
• Lead with impact: Leading and coaching night colleagues and team leaders to deliver excellent shopfloor standards whilst creating a culture of serving our customers with personality, heart and pride, and get one more item in every basket.
• Execution-focused: Ensuring shopfloor is landed and presentable for customers before handing over to day team with modular activity well executed and POS up to date.
• 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 managing teams in a large-format retail grocery environment, ideally overnight.
• Ability to make decisions independently with a hands‑on attitude and a drive to improve processes and people.
• Confidence in developing large teams and managing change.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Flexibility to work a range of night shifts, including weekends.

Everything you'll love

• 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, 24/0 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 we don’t have 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

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