Nights Manager

asda; Gravesend; On-site; USD 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Discretionary bonus

Electric car scheme

Free eye test

Pension

Wellbeing support

Parental leave

Job summary

Asda Gravesend is seeking a Nights Manager to lead the night team and maintain top store standards while the world sleeps. You will ensure availability, safety and compliance across departments during the night shift, with a rolling rota of 4 nights over 7 including weekends.

As part of the leadership team, you will drive night trading activity, coach colleagues, and sustain a high level of customer service and operational excellence throughout the night shift.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or managing teams in a retail grocery environment, ideally overnight.
• Ability to make decisions independently with a hands‑on attitude and a drive to improve processes and people.
• Flexibility to work a range of night shifts, including weekends.
• Strong customer service focus.

Responsibilities

• You will manage and lead the night team to keep everything running whilst the rest of the world sleeps, ensuring best availability and shop floor standards.
• You’ll be solely responsible for the store through the night, overseeing operation as the store is open 24 hours.
• Drive strategy into action by planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor during night shift.
• Lead and coach night colleagues and team leaders to deliver excellent shopfloor standards with a customer‑facing mindset.

Skills

Overnight retail experience

Leadership skills

Customer service oriented

Decision making

Job description

Job Title

Nights Manager

Location

Gravesend

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Shift Pattern

Work Shift: Nights

Hours per Week

45

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Store Management

Closing Date

25 August 2026

At Asda, we want you to Find Your Everything and as ourNight Manager, you will manage and lead the night team to keep everything running whilst the rest of the world sleeps, 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 4 nights over 7 including weekend working. You will be solely responsible for the store through the night, and therefore you'll need to be confident in overseeing operation as a whole where store is open 24 hours.

What qualities you’ll need:

• Drive strategy into action: Planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor during night shift by ensuring delivery is date rotated and waste and returns are managed correctly limiting damage through replenishment. (only for Supermarket and Superstores/centres with no Lead Night Manager in structure)
• Lead with impact: Leading and coaching night 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 day team with promotion, Foyer and hot spots fit for trade.
• 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.

Whatyou’llbring:

• Experience supervising or managing teams in a retail grocery environment, ideally overnight.
• 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 night shifts, including weekends.

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
• 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