• Job Reference Code: R-108668
• Employment Type: Full time
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 37.5
• Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits.
• Closing Date: 26 October 2026

Trader - TeaHead Office

Are you a commercially driven Trader with a passion for building category growth, strengthening supplier partnerships, and shaping customer favourite brands?

We're looking for a Trader to join our Tea category team at Asda. This is an exciting opportunity to influence one of the UK's most established grocery categories, working with leading suppliers and household brands to deliver exceptional value, innovation, and market-leading performance.

As a Trader, you'll play a pivotal role in driving sales, profitability, and customer satisfaction across the category. You'll collaborate closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to develop and execute trading plans, identify growth opportunities, and ensure Asda continues to meet the changing needs of our customers.

What you'll be doing

• 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.

What you'll bring

• 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.

Why Asda?

At Asda, you'll have the opportunity to influence a category enjoyed by millions of customers every day. Working alongside experienced commercial leaders and industry-leading suppliers, you'll help shape the future of the Tea category while developing your own career within one of the UK's most recognised retailers.

If you're commercially curious, relationship-driven, and motivated by delivering great results for customers, we'd love to hear from you.

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
• 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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Great Wilson Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, LS11 5AD

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Why Asda?

We’re a really values-led organisation. Our mission means we encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively with each other, valuing everyone’s input. We get on with things, we make them happen. As so many people across the UK rely on us, we have to.

Our Creating Change for Better programme tackles the major challenges facing our business and society today and guides our efforts on where we can make the biggest difference by reducing our environmental footprint, creating healthier products and supporting our communities.

Big businesses like ours offer big opportunities. With more than 1,000 stores across the UK, from superstores and Asda Living to petrol stations, as well as depots and Express stores. £60m+ in revenue taken every day. We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles 2 million transactions a month. And 75% of the UK shop in Asda every year.

Be yourself at Asda

We're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and able to achieve their potential.

We want every candidate to have a fair opportunity to show us what they can bring to the role. If you need any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, we'll work with you to make sure you have the support you need.

Need support? Visit our Help Page, select the People Services icon and choose Candidate Query. Tell us how we can help.

Rewards and Recognition

Benefits you’ll only find here

10% off Asda pet insurance

10% off selected Asda Pharmacy services

10% off Asda Tyres

10% off Asda Travel insurance

20% off Asda Mobile bundles

Free remote GP service

Available to you, your partner and your children, 24/7, year round.

Pension

Save for retirement with contributions paid into your pension account by you and Asda.

Free physiotherapy consultations

Helping you and your partner take care of yourselves with 8 free sessions per year.

Colleague discounts

15% off at our stores - get discounts on groceries and George all year round.

Car cash allowance

Eligible colleagues will receive a cash allowance as part of their benefits package. In addition, all salaried colleagues can choose to register for the Salary Sacrifice Electric Car scheme*.

(*Conditions apply)

Mortgage advice

Whether you’re a first-time buyer, renewing your mortgage, looking at buy to lets, or simply after some advice in getting a mortgage, get free* unbiased advice through the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), one the UKs largest mortgage brokers.

Confidential support helpline

Find free emotional, practical, and financial support that’s fully confidential, through a helpline that’s available 24/7, year round.

Cycle to work

Buy a bike through this scheme and save on tax and national insurance.

Financial support

Find financial wellbeing tools and support, including the ability to stream your pay.

Free eye tests

Head to our in store opticians for a free checkup and take care of your vision.

Bonus

Sharing our success with a discretionary bonus scheme for salaried colleagues that really rewards your contributions.

Cancer support

Guidance and support for you and your family, from before diagnosis, to treatment and beyond.

Paid time off

From holiday to sick leave and other types of leave, such as parental leave.

Mental health support

Access free mental health support for you and your family.

Support and advice with care

If you’re supporting older family or friends with care and support, find free, confidential information, expert support, and guidance about later life care for your loved ones through the Legal & General Care Concierge service.

Hybrid working

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. Each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots

Save money on every day spends

Access to hundreds of high-street discounted Vouchers, discounts on days out, gym memberships, airport parking, and more

Setting your loved ones up for the future

As part of the team, you’ll get life assurance.

Guaranteed contracted hours

All colleagues are guaranteed weekly contracted hours / guaranteed weekly shifts via their contract of employment which is agreed with the hiring manager.

Holiday buying

Once a year our salaried colleagues are able to buy up to 5 additional days holiday via salary sacrifice (subject to eligibility).