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Section Leader

ASDA

London

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Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Section Leader to guide a dynamic team in a fast-paced retail environment. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills while ensuring a great shopping experience for customers. You'll be the first point of contact for your team, responsible for training and motivating colleagues, and managing shift patterns to meet operational needs. With a competitive salary and a range of attractive benefits, this position is perfect for those looking to advance their careers in retail. Join a company that values inclusivity and offers support for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

15% Colleague Discount
Discounted Asda Services
Wagestream Access
Company Pension
24/7 Virtual GP
Excellent Parental Leave Policies
Colleague Recognition Programme
Special Offers and Discounts

Qualifications

  • Must be over 18 years old to apply.
  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team, assist with training, and ensure product availability.
  • Communicate effectively with team members to meet customer expectations.

Skills

Team Leadership
Communication
Coaching
Flexibility

Job description

Job Title
Section Leader

Location
Basildon

Employment Type
Full time

Contract Type
Permanent

Shift Pattern
Work Shift: Days

Hours per Week
36

Pay Rate
£13.04

Category
Retail Hourly Colleagues, Store Management

Closing Date
6 April 2025

About the Role

To be employed in this role you must be over the age of 18.

Our operation runs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, which brings a wide variety of shift patterns. If you're looking for flexible working to fit around your lifestyle, then look no further! We'll work with you on your shifts, but late and weekend working is a requirement of the role and we may need to be flexible with your work pattern.

As a Section Leader, you'll be the first point of contact for your team. You'll assist with training colleagues and keeping them fully informed by communicating messages in team ‘huddles'. You'll ensure colleagues are available to maintain product availability and meet customer expectations through careful planning of overtime and holidays, ensuring colleagues are in the right place at the right time.

We'll help you train in different areas and continually develop your skills, so if you're looking for a chance to develop in retail, this could be the role for you!

About You

You'll be naturally friendly and eager to work with your team to deliver great results. You'll have an enthusiastic approach to learning new skills across different departments and be a strong coach, mentor, and motivator for your team. You'll be a role model to your colleagues, ensuring customers have a great shopping experience.

Everything you'll love

Alongside a competitive salary, you'll get lots of other great benefits too, including:

  • Colleague discount: 15% off your shopping at Asda from day 1 for you and a nominated user
  • Discounted rates and special offers on Asda services such as Mobile, Pharmacy, Opticians, Personal Loan, Pet Insurance, Travel Insurance, Travel Money, Tyres, Breakdown Cover
  • Wagestream: access to flexible pay, income tracker, financial coaching, exclusive savings account, and much more.
  • Company pension
  • Wellbeing: including 24/7 virtual GP, 24/7 EAP service, as well as access to free counselling, legal, mortgage, cancer, and bereavement support
  • Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to ensure 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 undergoing fertility treatments.
  • Colleague recognition programme
  • Special offers and discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas.
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