Job Title & Location
Express Buying Assistant – Asda House, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment & Salary
* Full time
* Permanent
* Hours per week: 37.5
* Competitive salary plus benefits.
* Closing Date: 1 December 2025
Hybrid Working Details
Hybrid working model – a minimum of 3 days per week in the home office. Additional days may be required in the office or for site visits to suppliers, stores or depots.
Responsibilities
* Support the Buyer in all areas, including sales tracking and analysis.
* Maintain administrative records, line listings, cost and retail changes, and liaise with suppliers to ensure deadlines and tasks are met.
* Contribute to decisions on ranges and promotions, and answer and resolve store/supplier queries.
* Raise and reconcile internal and external invoices for the category.
* Assist the Buyer with competitor research and day‑to‑day trading of the category.
Qualifications & Competencies
* Analytical and data‑driven, skilled in using data to make informed decisions and optimise results.
* Strong communicator with great personal skills to work with people at all levels – both within and outside the business.
* Thrives in a fast‑paced environment, with the ability to manage change and drive results.
* Agile decision maker, willing to move, fail and learn quickly.
* Obsessed about our purpose and our customers.
Benefits
* 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 an employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas.
* Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – promoting inclusion and celebrating differences.
* Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for fertility treatments.
Seniority Level
Entry level
Job Function
Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries
Retail
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