Overview
GM Central Merchandise Promo, Event & Critical Path Assistant – Leeds, LS11 5AD
Job Title
GM Central Merchandise Promo, Event & Critical Path Assistant
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits.
Category
Buying
Closing Date
2 October 2025
Lets find your role:
The successful candidate will be responsible for producing, reviewing, and interpreting sell-through performance reports, managing and monitoring product critical paths, and overseeing day-to-day Anaplan system administration. This role ensures timely, accurate, and actionable insights to support commercial decision-making and smooth operational workflow across product lifecycle stages.
Key Responsibilities:
Sell-Through Reporting & Analysis
- Generate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc sell-through performance reports for product categories, regions, and channels.
- Monitor sales vs. forecast and highlight risks or opportunities for stock optimization.
- Partner with merchandising, planning, and buying teams to provide insights that inform trading decisions.
- Maintain and improve reporting templates, ensuring consistency and accuracy across datasets.
Anaplan Administration
- Act as the primary Anaplan administrator, managing user access, data uploads, and system integrity.
- Maintain master data, hierarchies, and model structures in line with business requirements.
- Support system enhancements, testing, and troubleshooting in collaboration with IT and external vendors.
- Train and support users on Anaplan best practices and processes.
Lets find out about you:
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in reporting.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) preferred.
- Hands-on experience with Anaplan administration (model building experience desirable).
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Problem-solving mindset with the ability to anticipate and address issues proactively.
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 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
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
