Fresh Manager

Asda•Wallington, NJ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

At Asda, we want you to find your everything. As our Fresh Manager, you’ll be responsible for ensuring our fresh departments are always full and inviting, delivering the highest standards of quality, availability, and food safety. You’ll manage a team of colleagues, coaching and developing them to deliver brilliant service and maintain exceptional standards. Working closely with the wider store leadership team, you’ll drive performance, manage stock and waste, and ensure compliance with all food safety regulations. This is a hands-on role where your passion for fresh food, people leadership, and operational excellence will shine every day. What makes a brilliant Fresh Manager: • Fresh food expertise: You understand what great looks like in fresh—from quality and presentation to rotation and waste control. • Customer focus: You know how to create a fresh food experience that keeps customers coming back. • Leadership: You lead by example, energising your team and creating a culture of pride and accountability. • Operational excellence: You’re confident managing stock, availability, and compliance in a fast-paced environment. • Attention to detail: You’re meticulous when it comes to food safety, hygiene, and legal standards. • Commercial awareness: You use data and insight to drive sales, reduce waste, and improve margins. • Drive Performance: Monitor KPIs and sales targets, using your insight to boost results and celebrate success.

Requirements

Experience managing or supervising in a fresh food or grocery retail environment.
Strong knowledge of food safety standards and compliance.
A passion for coaching and developing others.
The ability to work flexibly across shifts, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends.

Responsibilities

Ensuring our fresh departments are always full and inviting, delivering the highest standards of quality, availability, and food safety.
Managing a team of colleagues, coaching and developing them to deliver brilliant service and maintain exceptional standards.
Working closely with the wider store leadership team, you’ll drive performance, manage stock and waste, and ensure compliance with all food safety regulations.
Managing stock
Waste control
Monitor KPIs and sales targets
Using insight to boost results and celebrate success

Benefits

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