Regional Operations Manager - North, Store Management

Asda; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension

Car allowance

Colleague discount

Wellbeing services

Inclusion networks

Parental leave

Job summary

Asda is seeking a Regional Manager - Express to lead and develop a high-performing team across a defined geographic area. You will drive excellent customer service, store operations, and profitability while embedding change initiatives and ensuring compliance.

The role is field-based with regional mobility and weekend rota responsibilities, supported by a hybrid working pattern and comprehensive benefits. You will be expected to balance fast-paced operations with strategic planning, stakeholder

Qualifications

• Leadership experience overseeing multiple stores or a multi-site team.
• Strong people management and coaching abilities.
• Deep knowledge of store operations, processes and policy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Express Area Managers to deliver outstanding service and operational excellence.
• Ensure portfolio stores are number one locally, driving profitable growth and KRAs.
• Implement and embed change initiatives and new ways of working while ensuring safety, legality and policy compliance.
• Be regionally mobile within a defined geographic area, providing weekend cover on a rota.
• Drive performance through market awareness, prioritised workloads and strong stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Store operations

Change management

Strategic planning

Job description

You will be responsible for leading, coaching and developing a team of Express Area Managers to deliver great service, colleague engagement and operational excellence.

You will ensure your portfolio of stores are number one locally, evidenced through profitable growth alongside delivery of clearly defined KRAs commercial awareness of the local market. You will role model and champion the Asda values and our Leading Asda behaviours, setting high expectations of the leadership team to act in the same way. It will be your responsibility to implement and embed change initiatives and new ways of working, while ensuring all stores are operating in a safe, legal and compliant manner in accordance with convenience company policies and procedures.

This role is field based for which the Regional Manager - Express is expected to be regionally mobile within a defined geographic area across our retail regions, working to provide weekend cover on a rota.

About You

You will be able to work in a fast-paced environment, be adaptable to and lead from the front our change programmes, as well as having an eye for detail and an ability to execute plans first time.

This role requires you to have considerable knowledge of store operations, multi-site, store processes and policy as well as a commercial awareness of the local market, competition, and trends within the region.

You will look for opportunities to drive your areas performance forward whilst ruthlessly prioritising workload to ensure stores deliver best in class customer experience. You will be able to engage with others through great communications skills, build good relationships across large teams and have influence.

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 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%)
• Company Car allowance of £8000
• 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.