Ambient Manager

Job TitleAmbient Manager
LocationSouth Shields
Employment TypeFull time
Contract TypePermanent
Shift PatternWork Shift: Days
Hours per Week45
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
CategoryStore Management
Closing Date4 October 2026
At Asda, we want you to find your everything as a Ambient Manager, you’ll play a vital role in the day-to-day running of all areas of the Ambient department in store by delivering the best availability and highest shop floor standards through brilliant execution whilst ensuring the store is safe and legal for our customer and colleagues.
You will lead the shrink agenda through your Ambient team, driving standards and inputs as well as acting on opportunities with clear actions.
What qualities you’ll need:
Drive strategy into action: Planning and executing all trading activity on the shopfloor, delivering great availability standards, key metrics and KRAs through routine and processes.
Lead with impact: Engaging and coaching your team to constantly improve routine and process whilst creating a culture of serving with personality and get one more item in every basket.
Results-focused: Ensuring shopfloor and promotional activity is landed to brief and on time to drive the store selling agenda by ensuring products are available in the aisle as well as on promotional end/shipper.
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 as Team Leader or Supervisor in a retail environment.
Operational knowledge on food or non-food departments.
Knowledge of improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink.
Experience developing teams and managing change through leadership and building resilience.
Strong organisational skills and great customer service.
Are you ready to take the next step and be the guiding force behind one of our
Superstores/centres? Apply today and find your everything at Asda.
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