Modular Planning Analyst

Asda Stores Ltd; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Company pension 7% matched

15% colleague discount in store and/or

Wellbeing services access

Employee assistance helpline

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking a Modular Planning Analyst to join our Space, Range and Display team within the Supply Chain. You will design clustered ranges that meet customer needs while aligning with business strategy, and manage your own workload with proactive stakeholder engagement.

In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with Commercial, Retail, Space, Range and Property teams, deliver activities on the critical path, and maintain accuracy to ensure smooth delivery and timely decisions

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Keen eye for detail and ability to present work.
• Data analytics skills to identify trends.
• Proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to adapt to significant change.

Responsibilities

• Manage own workload and stakeholder communications on the critical path.
• Deliver activity to a high standard with detailed planning.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Retail, Space, Range and Property teams.
• Ensure 7-day SLA compliance and timely issue resolution.
• Run store-specific POS allocations and report to Instore comms.

Skills

Data analytics

Communication

Prioritisation

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Stakeholder management

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title

Modular Planning Analyst

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Fixed Term

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Planning

Closing Date

8 November 2026

The Mod Planning Analysts sit within Space, Range and Display Team within the Supply chain function. They are pivotal to in deploying the correct ranging decision by store. Informed by insights they will create clustered specific ranges that are suitable and meet the needs of all our customers whilst supporting the business strategies.

You will be responsible for managing your own workload, managing stakeholder communication and expectations throughout the critical path and ensuring that all stages of the activity are delivered to a high standard with a level of detail that ensures smooth delivery in each stage of the critical path. You will work closely with our Commercial and Range Analyst Team to build these plans ensuring their alignment to the Supply Chain strategy, landing the Merchandising briefs right first time.

We work in a fast-paced environment, where we always look to do things better with the ambition to simplify processes. You’ll work collaboratively with Commercial, Retail, Space, Range and Property and must have strong communication skills with the ability to influence and cascade.

You Will

• Implement range activity, informed by Business and trading strategies, data analysis and customer insight across all formats
• Manage and execute activity in line with the critical path, fulfilling all key milestones & elevate risks in a timely manner
• Manage the Dept category in line with target metrics including, SKU count, market data, sales, availability, inventory and shrink/waste
• Embrace Future systems & use new data and tool enhancement
• Engage with stakeholders across the business (and stores) to ensure we land all activity right first time, attending ATC calls
• Implement category Midi space, Modular Planning trials and kit developments to drive sales and efficiencies in line with strategy
• Understand the competition, best in class execution and developing innovative ideas
• Ensure we execute with excellence through accurate admin and continual checks, ensuring you respond to issues in a timely manner hitting 7 day Service now SLA
• Review all activity landed, taking into account the customer, colleague and sales performance to capture celebrations and learnings feeding into the PLR’s
• Run store specific POS allocations to submit to the Instore coms team

Let's find out about you:

• You will be able to manage your own workload, being able to prioritise projects and ad-hoc requests where necessary, ensuring project milestones are achieved.
• You will have a keen eye for detail, ensuring the detail shared with the wider team is of the highest standard.
• You will have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and be confident presenting your work.
• Have data analytics skills to identify trends.
• You must have the ability to adapt to significant change and challenges, finding creative ways to overcome barriers.
• Computer literate – with good experience of MS Excel and Powerpoint.

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