Retail Degree Apprenticeship - AngliaEarly Careers

Bigger growth. Better opportunity.

“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 ”

• Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts

• Company matched pension – Looking forward to the future

• 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for your self and switch off

• 13 paydays a year – who doesn’t love an extra payday?

• 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. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)

• Plus much more!

“That’s more like it”

“Find your role”

As well as a competitive salary, our apprenticeships offer you the chance to study for fully funded degree qualification. So, you can earn while you learn, and you won't need to worry about student debts.

Our 2025 Retail Degree Apprenticeship Programme has been developed in partnership with the store managers of today for the retail leaders of tomorrow. And as we have big plans to grow our store portfolio over the next two years, the chance for you to have your own store and become a Retail Leader of the Future is bigger and better than ever before.

On our 4-year programme, you'll complete a series of placements in our stores, progressing at pace and taking on more accountability each year.

You'll also study for a BA (Hons) Business Management Professional and CMI status at Manchester Metropolitan University. Delivered over four years through blended learning, the programme combines real management experience with online learning modules, lectures, and face-to-face tuition at university. We will of course, cover your costs and make sure you have time off to study.

The Programme:

Year 1: For the first 3 months, you will work as a Store Colleague, familiarising yourself with our store operations before stepping up in month 4 as a “Section Manager in Training”.

Year 2: Section Manager, you'll motivate your Section Leaders and Colleagues to deliver the best standards across your section, maximising availability and driving sales. You'll have an eye for detail, maintaining shop floor standards and coaching your team to do the same.

Year 3: Trading Manager, this is your chance to hone your leadership skills by managing a team of managers.

Year 4: Express Store Manager –Through a blend of hands-on experience, academic-learning and excellent training, you should now be on track to graduate from University AND pick up the keys to one of our new Express stores or step up to Operations Manager in one of our superstores. Imagine that!

Retail managers share characteristics and qualities that make a massive difference. They're tenacious, hardworking, and determined. But they're also empathetic, caring and customer focused. The pedestrian 9-5 doesn't interest them. Instead, they're motivated by problem solving, highly organised and passionate about delighting their customers and keeping their colleagues engaged.

If you have an ambition to be a store manager of the future, the Retail Degree Apprenticeship Programme will guide you, prepare you and support you every step of the way.

What you will need:

• Recently gained or predicted a minimum of 112 UCAS points

• A minimum Level 4 in Maths and English GCSEs

• Right to work within the UK and have been resident in the UK, the British Overseas Territories, or Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous three years before the start of the CIMA Apprenticeship (visit: www.Gov.uk for further information).

How To Apply

Take time to complete your online application, it really is the best way to make a good first impression. Once we have it, we use a range of techniques to narrow down the field and help us find our ideal candidates.

If you are successful at each stage, you will progress to the next. This will include:

• A short, blended personality and numerical assessment

• Three, quick video interview questions

• A half-day assessment centre where you will meet the team and find out more about the programme.

If you are successful, we will ask you to come and join the ASDA family starting in September 2025.

Applications may shut before the deadline so please register your interest as soon as possible.

“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.