Commercial Shrink Coordinator

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Everything about Asda”

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

“Everything you'll love.”

• Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working meaning you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs.
• Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts.
• Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future.
• Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for yourself and switch off.
• 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year.
• Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us.
• Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year.
• Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business.
• Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours.

Plus, much more!

“Find your role”

Shrink (Unknown loss) within our business is a big drain on profitability. Analysing and understanding the causes of this is key to drive profits and make a successful business. As a Commercial Shrink Coordinator, you will have the opportunity to work across the business and drive the loss prevention and commercial shrink engagement agenda. In a fast paced environment, it is important that we react to ways of working and new risks emerging within our business through data to mitigate shrink and increase profitability.

Your Role:

• Utilise Loss Prevention MI to analyse patterns and emerging trends within retail.
• Deliver detailed performance updates on trading categories and high shrink area’s within the business to senior leadership teams.
• Develop and understand MI Data with the ability to ‘join the dots’ and draw conclusions based on activity and insight.
• Establish and maintain credible working relationships, including joint planning, prioritisation and communications.
• Work collaboratively across teams in Asda including Central Team, Retail Teams, and External Stakeholders.
• Work with the Wider Loss Prevention team to support with activity and MI analysis.  

‘’Lets find out about you’’

• Analytical, curious, ability to make decisions with numbers leading the way
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Demonstrate clarity of thinking – clear, logical & methodical approach to problem solving; both ahead and ‘in the moment', remaining calm and engaged to resolve at pace
• Must be a pro-active self-starter with ability to manage own workload
• Good communication skills with strong organisational, time management & prioritisation skills
• An understanding of stores current operating model, processes and ways of working.
• An ability to spot opportunities to make it simpler with innovative thinking.

“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

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