Lead Night Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Livingston; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Company pension

Bonus scheme

Wellbeing support

Financial coaching

Job summary

Asda Livingston is seeking a Lead Night Manager to lead the night team and keep the store running while the world sleeps, ensuring we deliver the best availability and top shop floor standards across departments.

You’ll be accountable for night planning and execution in a larger-format store, working a rolling rota of four nights over seven including weekends, and overseeing operations through the night.

This role requires a hands-on leader, strong decision making and a customer-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Experience managing teams in large-format retail grocery environment, overnight preferred.
• Ability to make decisions independently and drive process improvements.
• Strong leadership and people development skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the night team to ensure store is safe, compliant and stocked.
• Maintain high shopfloor standards and product availability across departments.
• Oversee night planning, execution of activities, and handover to day team.

Skills

Night shift leadership

Team leadership

Customer service focus

Decision making

Retail operations

Job description

Job Details

Job Title Lead Night Manager

Location Livingston

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 1 October 2026

Job description

At Asda, we want you to Find Your Everything and as our Lead Night Manager in our larger format stores, you will manage and lead the night team to keep everything running whilst the rest of the world sleeps, ensuring we are delivering the best availability and highest shop floor standards across all departments, whilst ensuring our store remains safe and legal for our customers and colleagues.

Given the increased complexity of our larger stores, our Lead Night Manager will be accountable for all night planning and execution of activity.

As part of the leadership team, you'll work a rolling rota and 4 nights over 7 including weekend working.

You will be solely responsible for the store through the night, and therefore you'll need to be confident in overseeing operation as a whole where store is open 24 hours.

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.

Benefits

• 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

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