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Asda Jobs, Recruitment At Asda, Part Time Work

Asda Jobs, Part Time and Full Time Recruitment

Latest Asda full time and part time jobs and recruitment information further down the page, this link for local Asda store contact details. For general information about local and national recruitment and job vacancies read on. For Asda work experience take a look at the main website first then contact your local store. Asda can offer a range of opportunities including Asda night jobs and Asda warehouse and distribution jobs.

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Asda Jobs, Recruitment At Asda, Full Time Or Part Time Work

Looking for a temporary, weekend, night time, part time or full time job or career at Asda? They are one of the UKs biggest retailers, employing over 170,000 colleagues across their businesses. Asda has been part of the US based Wallmart group since 1999 - the world’s largest retailer with over 7,000 stores and two million employees!

To start with you need to decide if you want to apply for a local in-store vacancy, a store vacancies in another part of the country or to apply for one of the national recruitment schemes, like Asda graduate recruitment for example. Where local vacancies occur you can often get an interview quite quickly. Contacting your local store is a good place to start. For Asda jobs in other regions and national recruitment schemes you might like to visit the Asda jos website. Asda are such a large company (400 stores in the UK alone) that they are always recruiting new people.

Applicants for managerial Asda jobs normally require at least two years relevant experience. A typical store employs up to 30 managers and over 300 staff in total. The company has excellent Graduate Recruitment and MBA programmes. Asda were voted the UK's best place to work by the Financial Times; named one of Europe's best employers by FORTUNE magazine; and one of the Times Top 100 graduate employers.

On Thursday 19th March 2009 Asda were named 'Innovative Employer of the Year' at this year's prestigious Retail Industry Awards.They won the accolade for our "comprehensive suite of strategies and people innovations", beating off strong competition from Sainsbury’s, Gap, Carphone Warehouse and Hotel Chocolat. This award reaffirms our belief that ASDA is one of the best places to work in the UK.

Asda Jobs For Graduates

Asda consider graduates from all degree disciplines - but that doesn't mean that all graduates will fit in. Having the right attitude is very important - particularly in a deflated job market. Asda graduate recruitment.

Graduate careers are divided into:

  • Trading
  • Finance
  • Distribution Management (Logistics)
  • Ecommerce
  • IT Solutions Management
  • Property & Construction
  • Supply Chain
  • Retail Management

Asda jobs exist across the range of management and professional business areas like:

  • Finance: Accounting, Financial Services, Insurance Services, Retail Finance, Business Development
  • George: the acclaimed in store clothing brand.
  • Home Shopping
  • HR
  • IT: Stores Implementation Team, ASDA Helpdesk, Communications, Business Analysis
  • Logistics: Distribution Management, Operations Management, Line Management, General Management
  • Marketing: Market Research, Pricing, Customer Relations, Marketing Communications, Own Label, Public Relations
  • Optical: Opticians & Locums
  • Pharmacy in Store
  • Retail Managers - Night Replenishment, Bakery Managers Warehouse, George 
  • Store Development : Concessions, Contracts and Consumables, Development, Space Management, Implementation
  • Asda Store Management : General Store Management, Retail Production, Service
  • Jobs In Supply : Store Replenishment, Replenishment Analysis, Development Analysis, Supply Planning
  • Trading : Business Direction, General Management, Change, Buying, Marketing, Merchandising

All the current vacancies can be viewed. Asda welcomes applications from all parts of the community, for example about 15% of the Asda workforce is over 50, they even have a number of employees well over 65.

As a guide specific vacancies for jobs in Asda published at the time of writing (including Kent vacancies):

  • Buying Manager - Non Food
  • Trainee Buyer - Non Food 
  • Buyer - Non Food
  • Trainee Buyer - Food
  • Buyer - Food
  • Buying Manager - Food
  • Product Manager
  • Commercial Analysts and Managers
  • Legal & External Affairs
  • Produce Technical Manager
  • Chilled Fish Product Manager
  • Senior Supply Analyst
  • Toys, Celebration & Entertainment Customer Change Manager
  • Assistant Product Manager
  • Copy Editor/Writer
  • Creative Manager 
  • Information Architect
  • E Commerce Product Manager
  • Approvals & Evaluations Assistant, Maternity Cover 
  • Business Resilience Manager
  • Public Relations Manager
  • Business Change Manager
  • eCommerce Training Manager
  • Fresh Supply Process & Change Manager
  • Head of Pricing
  • Marketing Project Manager
  • Own Label Packaging Technology Manager
  • Trainer - Merchandising Team
  • Supplier Development Manager
  • Product Protection Manager
  • Implementation Manager
  • Head of Food Business Development 
  • Corporate Affairs Manager
  • Operations Manager - Store Services
  • Cost Manager 
  • ISD Commercial Manager
  • Merchandiser
  • Customer Insight Manager
  • Divisional Energy Manager
  • Operations Manager - Fresh & Ambient
  • Programme Coordinator
  • Project Manager
  • Quality and Methodology Manager - Maternity Cover 
  • Site Evaluation Manager
  • Supply Analysts
  • Space Planner
  • Team Leader - Claims Team
  • Technical Specialist
  • Management Development Manager
  • World Foods Buyer 
  • Finance Manager
  • Project Assistant

Rewards and benefits of having a job with Asda may include: Staff Bonus, Colleague Discount, Share Plans, Sharesave Plan, Colleague Share Ownership Plan, Pension, Voluntary Benefits, Private Medical Cover, Recognition, STAR Points, ASDA Stars and Long Service

Asda jobs are available across Kent and you can find local Asda store contact details.

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