Overview
General Store Manager - Basildon*
Location: Eastgate
Employment Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Work Shift : Days
Hours per Week: 45
Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits
Category: Store Management
Closing Date: 30 January 2026
About the Role There's a role for everyone in retail - including leadership.
As a General Store Manager in one of our large format stores, you'll work with a team of managers and up to 500 colleagues to drive sales, set standards and deliver KRAs.
You'll be the key motivator, maintaining morale and creating an operation that keeps customers coming back.
You'll support Asda's pricing strategy and keep costs low.
If you're looking for a chance to develop further in retail, this could be the role for you! As part of the leadership team, you'll work a rolling rota which will include weekends, evenings and sometimes, late nights.
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* Responsibilities
* Drive sales, set standards and deliver KRAs in a large format store with up to 500 colleagues.
* Act as a key motivator to maintain morale and ensure a positive customer experience.
* Support pricing strategy and monitor costs to keep them low.
* Lead a leadership team with rota planning, weekend/evening/late night coverage, and holiday planning.
* Handle management issues such as disciplinary actions and grievances professionally.
* Coach, mentor and develop team members to achieve strong performance.
Apply today by completing an online application…*Everything you'll love*
You will get an excellent benefits package including :
* Discretionary company bonus
* 8,000 car allowance
* 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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