Twilight Manager

Asda; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Eye test

Company pension

Wellbeing resources

Inclusion networks

Job summary

Asda Cambridge is seeking a Twilight Manager to lead a critical twilight shift, ensuring top shopfloor standards and excellent availability across all departments. You will guide and develop colleagues, align with safety and legal requirements, and work a rolling rota including weekends to cover 14:00–00:00.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong customer focus, and the ability to drive performance and change within a dynamic retail environment.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or managing teams in a retail grocery environment.
• Ability to make decisions independently with a hands-on attitude.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Flexibility to work twilight shifts including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach colleagues and team leaders during the twilight shift to ensure high shopfloor standards.
• Deliver great availability and maintain safety and compliance across departments.
• Support development of the team and foster a positive, customer‑focused culture.

Skills

Team supervision

Retail operations

Customer service

Job description

Job Title

Twilight Manager

Location

Cambridge

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Shift Pattern

Work Shift: Afternoons

Hours per Week

45

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Store Management

Closing Date

15 September 2026

At Asda, we want you to Find Your Everything and as our Twilight Manager, you will manage and lead a critical shift transitioning from day to night, ensuring we are delivering the best availability and highest shop floor standards across all departments, whilst ensuring our store remains safe and legal for our customers and colleagues.

As part of the leadership team, you'll work a rolling rota and 5 shifts over 7 including weekend working between 14.00 and midnight.

What Qualities You’ll Need

• Drive strategy into action: Planning a execute trading activity on the shopfloor during twilight shift by ensuring great availability standards and key metrics and KRAs through routine and process.


• Lead with impact: Leading and coaching colleagues and team leaders to deliver excellent shopfloor standards whilst creating a culture of selling our customers with personality, serving with heart and pride, and get one more item in every basket.


• Execution-focused: Ensuring shopfloor is landed and presentable for customers before handing over to night team.


• Talent Development: Listen with empathy, driving resilience and encourage ownership, focus and passion for the business by bringing the “Asdaness” to work every day and supporting the development of the team and creating an environment where people feel valued, trusted, and motivated to step up.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience supervising or managing teams in a retail grocery environment.


• Ability to make decisions independently with a hands‑on attitude and a drive to improve processes and people.


• Confidence in developing teams and managing change.


• Strong customer service focus.


• Flexibility to work a range of twilight shifts, including weekends.

Are you ready to be the guiding force behind a critical shift, leading with strength and fostering growth in others?

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