Job Title Senior Manager Fresh Modular Planning Location Asda House Employment Type Full time Contract Type Permanent Hours per Week 37.5 Salary Competitive Salary plus benefits Category Buying Closing Date 11 December 2025 Fresh Modular Planning Senior Manager Role Profile Purpose of the role: The Senior Manager for Fresh Modular Planning, leads the modular planning team in our home office to ensure excellent execution of modulars that deliver compelling customer range and displays across all formats. Ensuring operational benefits and end to end deliverables are met, working closely with supply chain, retail teams, and commercial teams. Using benefits of world class data tools to support in the decision making. Key Responsibilities: Lead Fresh Modular Planning Strategy Drive the strategic direction of modular planning across all formats. Ensure modulars deliver compelling customer ranges and visually impactful displays. Review, diagnose and build proposal working collaboratively with Central Space Range and Display team on space opportunities Team Leadership & Development Lead, develop, and mentor colleagues Drives fun, passion and pace across the teams Foster a high-performance culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with supply chain, retail operations, and commercial teams to align modular execution with business goals. Facilitate seamless communication and coordination across stakeholders to ensure end-to-end deliverables are met. · Operational Excellence Ensure modulars are operationally efficient and executable at store level. Identify and implement process improvements that enhance speed, accuracy, and scalability across total Space, Range and Display. Data-Driven Decision Making Leverage world-class data tools and analytics to inform planning decisions. Translate insights into actionable strategies that optimise product placement and customer engagement. Project Management & Execution Oversee the fresh activity plan calendar and ensure timely delivery of range activity. Monitor progress, resolve issues, and adapt to meet changing business needs. · Customer-Centric Focus Champion a customer-first mindset in all activities. Continuously evaluate and refine modulars to reflect evolving customer preferences and shopping behaviors. Understand financial benefits for change and this is built into further planned activity changes. Essential Skills and Experience: • Ability to work cross functionally and engage at all levels • Strategic • Stakeholder management • Influencing skills • Proactive problem solving. • Pace, agility and innovative thinking. • Data Analytics or has the ability to learn this • Strong analytic skills • Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines • Build strong working relationships • Project experience with attention to detail • Planning, prioritising, organisational and analytical skills Who they will work with: This role works with many teams across the business. Key stakeholders include- All teams within the commercial and supply function Property Finance Insight and Analytics Retail 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 1.5 times colleagues' contribution (Max 15%) Company Car allowance of £8000 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