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“Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you'll love.”

  • Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point.
  • Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts.
  • Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future.
  • Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off.
  • 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year.
  • Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us.
  • Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year.
  • Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.

Plus, much more!

“Find your role”.

As Online Grocery Business Lead you will manage one or several business units, leading the online journey. Your position is to ensure that all planned category activity is landed onto our online platforms on time through your team and merchandised and traded best in class to maximise customer ease of shop, sales and profit. You are expected to utilise your team, leading with a positive and solution-based mindset. You will influence cross functionally, engaging stakeholders both internal and external, and must be able to pivot on day-to-day questions and problems in a fast-paced environment.

As part of the wider Online Groceries team, you will help drive the online commercial strategy for Grocery products by working closely with the Trading, Activity & Proposition and Online Operations teams. You are responsible for understanding our shoppers and providing an easy, fast and friendly online customer experience on site.

In this exciting role, you will lead to shape future department ranges and strategies, influencing the trading teams through interpretation of key insight metrics including traffic, conversion, and basket analysis. You will support your teams in undertaking market and range performance analysis, highlighting opportunities and risk to trade performance.

Your role will be varied and fast paced and will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage your product catalogue, site navigation, search and promotional events. You will be working in an environment where simplification and innovation is encouraged.

“Let's find out about you.”

  • Be able to manage complexity in a dynamic transformation environment.
  • Be able to influence decisions based on analysing data
  • Able to Query and Extract Basic Performance Data from Power BI, Looker and Adobe and interpret to support
  • Be confident in managing and prioritising your own workload
  • Be confident with collaborating across various functions and levels
  • Be customer focused with a commercial outlook
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Best in Class awareness of Merchandising and Trading Systems to perform Day to Day efficiency

“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

Work Where it Works

Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including; -

  • Discretionary company bonus
  • £5,700 company car or car allowance
  • Company pension up to 7% matched
  • 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

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

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Rewards and Recognition

Benefits you’ll only find here

10% off Asda pet insurance

10% off selected Asda Pharmacy services

10% off Asda Tyres

20% Asda Travel insurance

30% off Asda Mobile bundles

Free remote GP service

Available to you, your partner and your children, 24/7, year round.

Pension

Save for retirement with up to 7% matched contributions from Asda.

Free physiotherapy consultations

Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.

Colleague discounts

10% off at our stores year round – get discounts on groceries and George clothes year round, and even special double discount events.

Company car

Choose a brand new electric company car or a cash allowance within certain roles, the choice is yours.

Mortgage advice

Whether you’re a first-time buyer, renewing your mortgage, looking at buy to lets, or simply after some advice in getting a mortgage, get free* unbiased advice through the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), one the UKs largest mortgage brokers.

Confidential support helpline

Find free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through a helpline that’s available 24/7, year round.

Cycle to work

Buy a bike through this scheme and save on tax and national insurance.

Financial support

Find financial wellbeing tools and support, including the ability to stream your pay.

Free eye tests

Head to our in store opticians for a free checkup and take care of your vision.

Bonus

Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme that really rewards your contributions.

Cancer support

Guidance and support for you and your family, from before diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.

Paid time off

From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.

Mental health support

Access free mental health support for you and your family.

Support and advice with care

If you’re supporting older family or friends with care and support, find free, confidential information, expert support, and guidance about later life care for your loved ones through the Legal & General Care Concierge service.

Hybrid working

Work where it works if you’re in a role that can be done remotely.

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Head Office roles

Thinking bigger, looking forwards, and always asking what’s next, Our Head Office teams aren’t afraid to challenge how we think, and embrace fresh perspectives, experiences, and change – all to keep us growing.

Discover our Head Office departments
If you're looking for a new opportunity and you want a challenge within a fast-paced environment with great culture then a role at Asda would be ideal for you.

Polly,

Commercial and Propositions Lead

The flexibility is great, I can attend school events like sports days and I can go for my morning run when I'm working from home and in the office as they have showers.

Tom,

Seasonal Packaging Design Specialist

The role is really varied and diverse. You get involved in so many different things! Everyone is so supportive and really cares about your personal development.

Hayley,

Buying Manager

Work where it works

Here at Asda, we think that the best way to work is to do it where it works best. That’s why all of our teams who are able to work from home, work with each other to figure out a pattern that works for you all, and the business needs. So you can get the most out of work, whether that’s at home, the office, or both.

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