Asda is looking for an Events Planning Manager to work in our Trade Planning team on a full time and permanent contract basis.
You will be joining us at an exciting time as we continue to evolve our customer proposition and create compelling events that bring the Asda customer plan to life. This is a key development role for anyone looking to broaden their skill set and would suit someone with a trading, retail or customer background.
You will work across multiple categories and business functions, leading the planning, coordination and delivery of major customer events and seasonal campaigns. Acting as the central point of contact for assigned events, you will ensure teams are aligned behind a shared vision and plan, managing as a project to a critical path & delivering an offer that is customer first.
This role reports into the Lead Events Manager and sits within the Trade Planning team.
Lead the development and execution of cross-category event plans, ensuring alignment between commercial, marketing, operations, supply chain, online, customer and category teams.
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 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
