Store Manager - Living

Asda Stores Ltd; Lamesley; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 15%

Discretionary bonus scheme

Electric car scheme

Eye test for you and nominated user

Staff discounts on Asda services

Wellbeing support services

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is seeking an experienced Store Manager for an exciting Living Location role at Asda Living Gateshead. You will lead a busy store, manage daily operations, and drive performance across availability, costs and customer service.

The role emphasizes people development, coaching, and implementing store improvements with a focus on delivering value to customers.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a store team in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong understanding of stock availability, waste, shrink and customer service.
• Proven ability to influence teams and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into daily store actions to improve trading performance.
• Develop and coach the leadership team to deliver high standards and growth.

Skills

Strategic planning

Leadership

Retail operations

People development

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Job Title Store Manager – Living Location Asda Living Gateshead Employment Type Full time Contract Type Permanent Shift Pattern Work Shift: Days Hours per Week 45 Salary Competitive salary plus benefits Category Store Management Closing Date 16 September 2026

What makes a brilliant Store Manager:

• Drive strategy into action: Planning and identifying opportunities to improve trading activity on the shopfloor, delivering great availability standards, key metrics and KRAs through routine and processes.
• Execution and result-focused: You’re passionate about getting things done right, first time, every time displaying resilience, focus and passion for the business and holding your team to account.
• Commercial awareness: You understand how the right strategy, availability, waste, and shrink impact performance—and you know how to improve them, leading the shrink agenda through the team and driving standards and inputs as well as acting on opportunity with clear actions. Ensure POS one best way is followed across the store delivering strong value message for our customers.
• Coaching and Leadership: Coach and support your leadership team on delivering brilliant shopfloor standards and develop our future talent by engaging and coaching your team to constantly improve routine and process whilst creating a culture of serving our customers with personality, heart and pride, and get one more item in every basket.
• Organised and efficient: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and know how to prioritise and delegate effectively.
• Data-driven: You use insights to make informed decisions and drive operational improvements, lead the shrink agenda by driving standards and ensure the store remains legal and complaint for customer and colleagues.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience as Store Manager or Duty Manager in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong operational knowledge across food and non-food departments.
• A track record of improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink.
• Proven record of developing teams and managing change through leadership and building resilience.
• Experience managing complex ER cases and confidence in understanding HR policies and processes.
• Strong organisational skills and exceeding customer service.

Everything you'll love

• Colleague discount: 15% off your shopping at Asda from day 1 for you and a nominated user
• Discretionary company bonus scheme
• Access to an enhanced electric car scheme
• Free eye test for you and your 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
• Stream: 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 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.
• 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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