Description
We are seeking a Trader to join our Tea category team at Asda. As a Trader, you will play a pivotal role in driving sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction across the category.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting the development and delivery of the category strategy, ensuring strong commercial performance and customer relevance.
- Managing day-to-day trading activity to deliver sales, profit, and market share growth.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with key supplier partners, delivering mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Negotiating pricing, promotional investment, and commercial agreements to maximise value for customers and Asda.
- Analysing customer, market, and competitor insights to identify opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Supporting the delivery of category plans, range reviews, and product launches.
- Managing promotional performance and evaluating campaign effectiveness to optimise results.
- Monitoring market trends, commodity movements, and wider industry developments that may impact category performance.
- Working cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Data & Insights, and Retail Operations teams to ensure successful execution of trading plans.
- Contributing to the delivery of category profitability through effective cost and margin management.
Requirements:
- Experience in a commercial trading, buying, category management, or FMCG role.
- Strong commercial awareness with a passion for delivering results.
- Excellent analytical skills and confidence using data to support decision-making.
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to build strong supplier relationships.
- Strong stakeholder management capabilities and the confidence to collaborate across multiple teams.
- A customer-focused mindset with the ability to balance commercial objectives and customer needs.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- A proactive approach to identifying opportunities and solving challenges.
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 a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities
- 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.