Trading Manager - Indian, Oriental, Asian & Health

Position: Trading Manager - Indian, Oriental, Asian & Health Ready Meals
Job Title Trading Manager - Indian, Oriental, Asian & Health Ready Meals Location Asda House

Employment Type

Full time Contract Type Permanent Hours Per Week 37.5 Salary Competitive salary plus benefits Category Buying Closing Date 26 November 2026 Are you a commercially driven Trading Manager with a passion for world foods, emerging consumer trends, and delivering category growth? We're looking for a Trading Manager to lead our Indian, Oriental, Asian & Health Ready Meals category s is a unique opportunity to shape one of the most dynamic and fast-evolving areas of the Ready Meals market, balancing authentic cuisine, health-led innovation, customer value, and category performance.

As the Trading Manager, you'll have ownership of a strategically important category, working with leading branded partners and own-brand suppliers to deliver sales growth, profitability, innovation, and exceptional customer propositions. You'll combine commercial expertise with consumer insight to identify opportunities, create compelling ranges, and ensure Asda continues to meet the evolving tastes and lifestyles of millions of customers. What you'll be doing Owning the end-to-end trading performance of the Indian, Oriental, Asian & Health Ready Meals category, delivering sales, profit, and market share growth.

Developing and executing category strategies that align with customer trends, market opportunities, and Asda's wider commercial objectives. Leading supplier negotiations across pricing, promotions, range development, innovation, and strategic investment. Building strong, collaborative partnerships with key suppliers to deliver joint business plans and long-term growth. Managing category P&L performance, balancing value, volume, margin, and customer satisfaction. Using customer, market, and competitor insights to identify opportunities for innovation, differentiation, and growth.

Driving category range reviews, product launches, and promotional strategies to ensure a compelling customer offer. Championing food trends across world cuisine, healthy living, convenience, and premium meal solutions. Monitoring commodity and market dynamics, translating insight into effective commercial actions. Working cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Finance, Retail Operations, Technical, Marketing, and Product Development teams to deliver category objectives. Leading initiatives that improve cost-to-serve, operational efficiency, and sustainable category growth.

What you'll bring Significant experience in a commercial Trading, Buying, or Category Management role, ideally within Grocery, Chilled Food, Ready Meals, or FMCG. Proven experience managing category performance, supplier negotiations, and commercial delivery. Strong P&L management skills with the ability to drive sales and profitability simultaneously. Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, with experience delivering meaningful commercial outcomes. A passion for food and a strong understanding of evolving customer trends, particularly within world foods, convenience, and health-focused ranges.

The ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into actionable commercial strategies. Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the confidence to engage and influence at all levels. A growth mindset and the ability to identify opportunities in fast-moving and highly competitive markets. Why Asda? This is an opportunity to lead a category at the intersection of some of the biggest trends in food retail: world cuisine, healthier eating, convenience, and innovation.

You'll work with some of the industry's leading suppliers, influence category strategy at scale, and play a key role in shaping products enjoyed by millions of customers across the UK. If you're a commercially astute Trading Manager who thrives on spotting trends, building partnerships, and delivering category growth, 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 Company Car allowance of £5,700 15% colleague discount in store and online Free…