Modular Planning Analyst

Asda Stores Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Colleague discount in store and online

Wellbeing and health services access

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd. is hiring a Modular Planning Analyst at Asda House in the UK. This full-time fixed-term role focuses on deploying correct ranging decisions with stores, informed by insights and customer needs. You will build plans in collaboration with Commercial and Range teams to align with Supply Chain strategy.

The role requires strong communication, data analytics and Excel/PowerPoint proficiency, with a proactive, detail‑oriented approach in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage your own workload and prioritise projects.
• Keen eye for detail with high standard of reporting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, confident presenting.
• Data analytics skills to identify trends.
• Ability to adapt to significant change and overcome barriers.
• Computer literate with MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Implement range activity informed by business and trading strategies, data analysis and customer insight across formats.
• Manage and execute activity in line with the critical path, meeting milestones and escalating risks.
• Manage the department category against metrics like SKU count, market data, sales, inventory and shrink/waste.
• Embrace future systems and use data/tool enhancements.
• Engage with stakeholders to land activity right first time, attend ATC calls.
• Implement category Midi space, modular planning trials and kit developments to drive sales and efficiencies.
• Understand the competition and best-in-class execution; develop innovative ideas.
• Ensure accurate admin and continual checks, respond to issues promptly to meet 7 day SLA.
• Review all activity landed, consider customer, colleague and sales impact to capture learnings.

Skills

Workload management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Data analytics

Adaptability

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.

Key Responsibilities

• You Will Implement range activity, informed by Business and trading strategies, data analysis and customer insightacross all formats
• Manage and execute activity in line with the critical path, fulfilling all key milestones & escalating 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
• EmbraceFuture 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 learningsfeeding into the PLR’s
• Run store specific POS allocations to submit to the Instore coms team

Required Skills

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.

Work Arrangement

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.

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.

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.

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