Express Trade Planning Lead

1 week ago

Leeds LS AD, United Kingdom ASDA Full time £40,000 - £70,000 per year
Job Title

Express Trade Planning Lead

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Project and Program Management - SF

Closing Date

11 December 2025

Work with the trade planning manager to deliver effective promotions, that land right first time in store. Lead on comms & POS to ensure strong execution. Through analysis & insight develop a promotional strategy in Express for the Channel Managers to deliver against. Bring to life competitor activity & be the champion for the Express format.

As a Trade Planning Lead you will:

  • Work cross functionally with the Commercial teams to translate and deliver the brief set from the strategic trade plan.
  • Ensure all aspects of the critical path is adhered to – escalating where needed to the c10
  • Focusing on delivering strong sales, conversion and a great customer experience through promotional analysis
  • Own the post launch review across promotions and Events, leading the competitor review, promo analysis & autopsies. Through this analysis create category roles.
  • Working cross functionally to deliver execution – through comms, late changes & right first time POS.
  • A conduit between the customer team and the commercial team to bring alignment on the plan
  • Increase productivity in the business unit through consistent processes review & improvement
  • You will spend time in stores, listening to colleagues and customers, providing feedback and actions into central teams & key stakeholders
  • Translate the trade plan into clear comms for stores to ensure strong execution

What we are looking for?

  • Analytical and data driven, skilled in using data to make informed decisions and spot process improvement
  • Be a strong communicator with great personal skills to work with people at all levels.
  • 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
  • Use market data & competitor analysis to build on our trade plan year on year
  • Be organised and able to manage multiple different critical path milestones
  • Connect with our stores & ensure all activity is clearly communicated in a language they can speak
  • 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
  • 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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