Overview
SM Central Space Range and Display – Leeds, LS11 5AD
Job Title
SM Central Space Range and Display
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive Salary plus benefits
Category
Data Science
Closing Date
9 October 2025
The Central Space, Range and Display Senior Manager plays a key role within the function, the role leads all midi and macro space recommendations, all range deployment recommendations across Food, as well as leading the General Merchandise Modular Planning team.
This team lead implementation of the merchandising strategy for Food, to drive the ‘End to End’’ business strategy through range optimisation and ensuring a best-in-class customer propositions.
Key Responsibilities:
You will work collaboratively by category to deliver a proposal that delivers the right space by store for our customers, maximising sales and optimising the space in stores, providing insight on space performance. Working collaboratively with the modular planning analysts and buying teams to ensure all elements of the commercial strategy are factored into these proposals and applying insight from seasonality, trends, and our customer insight to ensure the space is future focused. You will engage at all levels to deliver this midi space strategy.
Managing the space to drive sales by:
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Providing analytic insight to drive the categories midi space to maximise sales
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Providing space insight to categories to drive range increases and decrease to gain optimum results
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Running category, store specific/cluster level data and cleanse data
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Running Engagement sessions with categories across all reporting levels
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Reviewing Floorplans for Remodels
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Supporting in the interpretation of space data
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Input accurate and timely information throughout the space process
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Develop the technical ability of the categories supported
Essential Skills and Experience:
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Ability to work cross functionally and engage at all levels
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Stakeholder management
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Influencing skills
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Proactive problem solving.
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Pace, agility and innovative thinking.
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Data Analytics or has the ability to learn this
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Strong analytic skills
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Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
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Build strong working relationships
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Project experience with attention to detail
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Planning, prioritising, organisational and analytical skills
Who they will work with:
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All teams within the commercial function
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Property
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Asda Business Services/Data Analytics teams
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 Wagestream
- 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
