Property Graduate Programme

Asda Stores Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched 15%

Colleague discount in store and online

Wellbeing services access

Discounts across services and theatres

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd invites graduates to join its 2-year Property Graduate Programme, offering rotations across Store Design, Planning, Implementation and Commercial teams. You will gain insight into project lifecycles, site visits, and the support of senior mentors to develop specialist property expertise.

Based in Leeds with a minimum of three days in-office, the programme provides structured development, external qualifications, and clear progression toward management roles within Asda's Property

Qualifications

• Recent graduate in Business, Economics or related disciplines.
• Interest or experience in retail or construction environment.
• Willing to undertake external qualification relevant to Property.

Responsibilities

• Gain exposure to Property disciplines across store design, planning and delivery.
• Visit sites and understand project lifecycles in retail environments.
• Work with mentors and teams to develop specialist property expertise.
• Support cost control and delivery of asset replacement programmes.
• Collaborate with contractors, consultants and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Commercially aware

Communication skills

Organised

Team player

Data-minded

Problem solving

Education

Business

Economics

Building Surveying

Quantity Surveying

Retail Design

Job description

Job Title Property Graduate Programme Location Asda House Employment Type Full time Contract Type Permanent Graduate (Fixed Term) Hours per Week 37.5 Salary Competitive salary Category General / Other - SF Closing Date 27 December 2026

Everything about Asda

We are a values-led organisation. As such, we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input. Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

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 Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline
• discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking 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.
• Plus much more!

Find your role

A career in Property can offer many opportunities: Our Store Design and Planning teams have the exciting task of designing our stores of the future, ensuring Asda deliver the best shopping experience for our customers and ensuring operational excellence for our colleagues. In our Implementation teams, we work hard to build new stores, roll out store upgrades and deliver large scale asset replacement programmes across our retail and distribution locations, working closely with an extensive network of contractors, consultants and subject matter experts. Our Commercial and PMO team develops subject matter expertise in Quantity Surveying and Programme Management to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and cost effectively. From day 1 on our 2-year Property Graduate Programme, you'll follow a structured, functionally led development journey designed to build specialist expertise within Property. You'll gain exposure to a range of Property disciplines, visit sites across our estate, and develop a strong understanding of how the function supports our customers and colleagues. Through hands‑on experience across different areas of Property, you'll gain insight into the full lifecycle of projects, building the knowledge, skills and experience needed to launch your career within the function. Supported throughout by senior mentors, buddies and internal development, there will be the opportunity to undertake an external qualification, relevant to your area of interest/ experience. This is an ambitious programme where you will progress at pace but equally be supported and rewarded throughout. By the end of the programme, you’ll have all the tools you need to step into a managerial position, but your development won’t stop there. Beyond this we will continue to support your development and progression at Asda. It’s an amazing time to join the Property function which is central to delivering change and growth for Asda.

Let’s find out about you.

You might be a recent graduate in Business, Economics, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Retail Design or a related discipline, or you may have an interest or experience in a retail or construction environment. Either way, you’re excited by the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same. You'll be:

• Commercially aware, with a passion for solving problems
• A confident communicator who can build strong relationships across teams
• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• A team player with a proactive mindset and a drive to make things better
• Eager to learn and grow in a dynamic, ever-changing environment
• Comfortable working with data and drawing insights to support decisions

Find your everything at Asda

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are passionate about creating opportunities for everyone to thrive. All candidates must have the continuous right to work in the UK and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement. Asda do not provide sponsorship for our graduate and apprenticeship opportunities.

If you are successful at each stage, you will progress to the next. This will include:

• A short, blended personality and numerical assessment
• Three quick video interview questions
• A half-day assessment centre, where you will meet the team and find out more about the opportunity

If you are successful, we will ask you to come and join Asda in September 2027. You will need to work a minimum of three days per week in Asda House, Leeds. The three-day office attendance requirement may vary based on the specific team and its operational requirements.

Asda is Reimagining Retail. It’s hard for anyone to imagine how many different career possibilities there are at Asda. 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! So take the time to look around.