How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Operations Manager
Job Title
Operations Manager
Location
Employment Type
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours per Week
45
Salary
Competitive salary
Category
Store Operations
Closing Date
5 July 2026
Apply to register your interest for upcoming Operations Manager vacancies in your area!
At Asda we want you to Find Your Everything. As our Operations Manager, you’ll deliver excellent execution across the store and embed consistent routines that deliver availability, waste and shrink.
You’ll review store process to deliver great metrics and KRAs for availability, waste and shrink by embedding routine and process across the shop floor, adhering to contract base management and wage control whilst leading and coaching our managers and teams to deliver excellent store standards across Ambient and Fresh departments as well as George and General Merchandising in our large format stores.
As an Operations Manager, you lead with heart, building self-esteem by recognising effort, attitude, and growth, creating an environment where people feel valued, trusted, and motivated to step up. You listen with empathy, respond with care, and create space for open, respectful conversations on the shop floor and beyond.
You’re transparent in your decisions, clearly sharing the “why” and inviting your team to solve challenges together. You support your team by coaching through questions, encouraging ownership, and celebrating initiative. You believe in creating a culture of always serving with heart and pride, driving the stores selling agenda with healthy competition across the trading floor by bringing the “Asdaness” to work every day.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
What Qualities You’ll Need
Execution and result-focused: You’re passionate about getting things done right, first time, every time displaying resilience, focus and passion for the business and holding your managers to account. Commercial awareness: You understand how availability, waste, and shrink impact performance—and you know how to improve them, leading the shrink agenda through the team and driving standards and inputs as well as acting on opportunity with clear actions. Ensure POS one best way is followed across the store delivering strong value message for our customers. Coaching and Leadership: Coach and support your leadership team on delivering brilliant shopfloor standards and develop our future talent by engaging and coaching your team to constantly improve routine and process whilst creating a culture of serving our customers with personality, heart and pride, and get one more item in every basket. Organised and efficient: You thrive in a fast-paced environment and know how to prioritise and delegate effectively to ensure promotional activity is landed to brief and on time by the team. Collaborative: You work across teams to ensure smooth operations and a seamless customer experience. Data-driven: You use insight to make informed decisions and drive operational improvements, lead the shrink agenda by driving standards and ensure the store remains legal and complaint for customer and colleagues
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
What You’ll Bring
Experience managing diverse teams in a large-format retail environment with energy and pace. Strong operational knowledge across food and non-food departments. A track record of improving availability, reducing waste, and managing shrink. Confidence in developing large teams and managing change through leadership and building resilience. Experience managing ER cases and understanding HR policies and processes. Strong organisational skills and exceeding customer service.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career and be the second one in command to one of our Superstore/centres? Apply today and find your everything at Asda.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills