Job Title
Online Trader & Merchandiser - FTC
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits.
Category
Category Management - SF
Closing Date
29 July 2025
“Find your role”.
As part of the wider George.com team, our merchandising traders help drive the online commercial strategy for GM products by managing the product onboarding and online journey, enabling online sales and profit growth. They are responsible for understanding our shoppers and providing an easy, fast and friendly online customer experience on site.
In this exciting role, you will help shape future department ranges and strategies. You will interpret key insight metrics including traffic, conversion, basket analysis and market intel. Working cross functionally with stakeholders to manage online sales forecasts, identify risks and opportunities to meet or exceed trade performance targets.
You will attract customers to George.com using various techniques, tools and systems such as Algolia, Content Square, Adobe analytics, Salesforce, etc. Your role will be varied and fast paced and will involve working as part of a multidisciplinary team to manage your product catalogue, site navigation, search and promotional events. You will be working in an environment where simplification and innovation is encouraged.
Mat cover until the end of April 2026.
“Let's find out about you.”
- Be able to manage complexity
Be able to translate data into actionable insights
Have a proficient level of numeracy and an eye for detail.
Be confident in managing and prioritising your own workload
Be confident partnering with Marketing, Trading, Operations and Supply teams to align online activity.
Be customer focused with a commercial outlook
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Have experience using ecommerce systems and technology
Have evidence in developing and delivering step change improvements
Have a good understanding of Microsoft software, in particular excel
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
