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Buying Manager Rice & Pasta

Hybrid in Asda House·Full-time·Added 25 days ago (last checked 4 Oct)

Asda

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Overview

Job details

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near Asda House for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

Benefits

  • Pension matched up to 7%

    The employer matches what you pay in, per the ad. The legal minimum is 3%.

Skills

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Competitive salary plus benefits

The role

About the role
Are you an experienced Buying Manager looking for an opportunity to work with some of the UKs best loved brands?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Buying Manager to join our team here at Asda House!

As a Buying Manager, you will work collaboratively with key suppliers and with internal stakeholders alike in order to deliver sales, pricing and growth ahead of the market while helping to manage the category P&L.

You will negotiate and deliver business plans as well as understand customers and implement strategies that meets their needs.

You will also need to understand, track & negotiate around key commodities and deliver cost to serve programmes with suppliers to ensure great value for our customers.

About you
Previous experience in a similar role
Strong awareness of customer requirements, market trends and competitor ranges
Ability to identify strategic opportunities and innovative product ideas
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to influence a diverse, branded supplier base.

How you'll work

37.5

Job Title

Buying Manager Rice & Pasta

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Category

Buying

Closing Date

15 October 2026

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

  • Company Car allowance of £5,700

  • 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

Hiring process

2 steps1 interviewa task to do
  1. Apply online

  2. Online assessments

    Online test · Not every role

    An online assessment for certain roles, to help you understand more about the role.

  3. Interview and assessment

    With a hiring manager

    Getting to know how you align with Asda's values and the key skills for the role, in person or virtual depending on location and timescales; some roles go to an assessment centre, in one or two stages.

  4. Offer or feedback · With a hiring manager

  • Expect an update on your application within 10 days.
  • Asda aims to interview 1-2 weeks after the closing date.
  • Asda aims to give feedback within one week of your interview.

About Asda

Asda is a large retail business that describes itself as "Reimagining Retail", operating in the retail industry with a validated focus on retail, technology and head-office roles.

According to its careers site, it is "a big business" offering far more role types than the familiar customer-facing ones, and it says that "because our business is changing we're creating new roles all the time".

Industry
Retail, technology and head-office roles
Website
asda.com
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