Productivity Manager

Asda Stores Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company car allowance £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and on

Wellbeing services access

24/7 virtual GP

Counselling

Health and dental cash plans

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on services and activities

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking a Productivity Manager to lead operational efficiency across our estate. You will collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to optimise processes, drive productivity and support delivery of strategic priorities.

You’ll develop productivity plans, improve performance and cost efficiency, and use data to identify opportunities and implement practical solutions across stores and central teams. The role offers hybrid working and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong operational or retail leadership experience.
• Proven ability to drive performance improvements in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Experience translating data into practical actions and results.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and influence across different teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver productivity plans that drive measurable business improvements.
• Improve operational performance, service levels and cost efficiency.
• Use data and insight to identify opportunities and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with store and central teams to remove barriers and ensure successful delivery of change.
• Monitor performance and track benefits against agreed objectives.

Skills

Operational leadership

Retail leadership

Performance improvement

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Data-driven actions

Cross-team collaboration

Multitasking

Job description

Job Title Productivity Manager

Location Asda House

Employment Type Full time

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Per Week 37.5

Salary Competitive salary plus benefits

Category Business Analysis/Change

ClosingDate 24 September 2026

We’re looking for a Productivity Manager to lead operational efficiency across our estate.

You’ll work with senior leaders and key stakeholders to optimise processes, improve productivity and support the delivery of strategic business priorities.

What You’ll Love

• Develop and deliver productivity plans that drive measurable business improvements.
• Improve operational performance, service levels and cost efficiency.
• Use data and insight to identify opportunities and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with store and central teams to remove barriers and ensure successful delivery of change.
• Monitor performance and track benefits against agreed objectives.

What You’ll Need

• Strong operational or retail leadership experience.
• Proven ability to drive performance improvements in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability.
• Experience translating data into practical actions and results.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and influence across different teams.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of online operations, working with senior leaders to deliver meaningful improvements that enhance customer experience, colleague productivity and business performance.

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
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 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

Asda is Reimagining Retail

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Ours is a big business, and beyond the roles you might be familiar with there are hundreds more you don’t often get to see.

In fact, because our business is changing we’re creating new roles all the time!

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