Lead Night Manager

ASDA; Swalwell; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Company pension

Wellbeing support

Discretionary bonus scheme

Electric car scheme

Job summary

ASDA is seeking a Lead Night Manager for our larger format store in Gateshead to lead the night team and ensure the store runs smoothly while the rest of the world sleeps. You will be accountable for night planning, execution of activity, and maintaining the highest shop floor standards across all departments to ensure safety and compliance.

You will work a rolling rota of 4 nights over 7, including weekends, and you will oversee operations through the night with a 24-hour store mindset.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the night team to ensure store operations run smoothly during the night shift.
• Oversee duties and activity for the store through the night, ensuring 24-hour operations.
• Plan and execute night trading activity, optimize replenishment, and manage waste and returns.
• Develop and coach night shift colleagues and team leaders to uphold high shopfloor standards.

Job description

Job Title

Lead Night Manager

Location

Gateshead

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

20 September 2026

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.

Are you ready to be the guiding force behind a critical shift, leading with strength and fostering growth in others?

Everything you'll love

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