Express Activity Planning Manager

2 days ago

Leeds LS AD, United Kingdom ASDA Full time
Job Title

Express Activity Planning Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Promotions and Advertising

Closing Date

1 December 2025

"Find your role"

In this role, you will develop and deliver the Promotional and Marketing Strategy for Asda Express, ensuring a cohesive customer proposition that communicates both value and quality. You will work to create impactful campaigns and initiatives that resonate with customers, driving engagement and loyalty while supporting overall business growth.

You will

  • Take ownership of shaping and delivering the Express customer proposition, working cross-functionally to define and embed a value-led offer.
  • Through detailed analysis and promotional autopsies, you'll understand category roles and space principles
  • You'll collaborate with Commercial Managers and suppliers to align activity and maximize opportunities
  • Leading the end-to-end trade plan, you will manage the quarterly promotional planning process—from strategy through execution—ensuring promotions land right first time and driving process improvements for a streamlined approach.
  • You'll also work closely with key stakeholders to translate plans into strong in-store execution

"Let's find out about you."

  • Analytical and data driven, skilled in using data to make informed decisions and optimise results.
  • Be a strong communicator with great personal skills to work with people at all levels – not just in our business, but also beyond it
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to manage change and drive results.
  • You will be agile and an effective decision maker, willing to move, fail and learn fast
  • Be obsessed about our purpose and our customers

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

  • Discretionary company bonus
  • Company pension up to 7% matched
  • Company Car allowance of £5,700
  • 15% colleague discount in store and online
  • Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
  • 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.

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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