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Trading Assistant - Confectionery

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13.8% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. asda postings stay open a median of 13 days.

Share of postings closed within
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  2. 4.7%3 days
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  4. 22.3%14 days
  5. 37.8%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
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asda median: 13 days open

The posting

Job Title

Trading Assistant - Confectionery

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Buying

Closing Date

16 November 2026

As a Trading Assistant at Asda, you will support one of the fastest-moving categories in confectionery. You will provide vital support to the Trading team, ensuring products are set up for customers to buy, promotional activity is delivered accurately, funding and commercial plans are executed effectively. You will play a key role in managing day-to-day category administration, supplier communications, systems maintenance, and reporting, helping the team respond quickly to changing customer and market demands.

This is a fast-paced role requiring exceptional organisation, attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

Commercial & Trading Support

  • Support Traders with day-to-day category management
  • Maintain accurate product files, supplier and retail pricing, internal category systems
  • Support delivery of the P&L through accurate and timely processing of funding
  • Assist in the preparation and execution of promotions, events and product launches
  • Support range reviews and new product development processes.

Supplier Management

  • Build and maintain professional relationships with suppliers.
  • Coordinate supplier communications and resolve queries in a timely manner.
  • Ensure all supplier documentation is completed accurately and on time.
  • Support trading with supplier meetings

Administration & Systems

  • Maintain product records, pricing files, and promotional setups.
  • Process and validate data accurately within agreed deadlines.
  • Ensure category information is kept up to date across all relevant systems.
  • Support the management of critical paths for product launches and category projects.

Cross-Functional Working

  • Collaborate with merchandising, supply chain, marketing, finance, and retail ops
  • Support the successful delivery of category initiatives and commercial projects.
  • Act as a key point of contact for administrative and operational category queries.

About You

We're looking for a highly organised and proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced, commercial environment. You'll be naturally detail-oriented, able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and comfortable working to tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

We welcome applications from recent graduates, particularly those with degrees in Business, Economics, Marketing, Retail Management, Mathematics, Data Analytics or related disciplines. This role offers an excellent opportunity to start a commercial career in retail, applying analytical thinking, problem-solving and organisational skills in a fast-paced trading environment. If you're naturally curious about consumer behaviour, enjoy working with data and are eager to learn from experienced commercial professionals, we'd love to hear from you.

You will have strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, identify trends and support trading decisions. Confident using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications, you'll be comfortable working with large volumes of information and producing clear, actionable insights.

A strong communicator, you'll be able to build effective relationships with suppliers and a wide range of internal stakeholders, working collaboratively to deliver category objectives. You'll also possess a problem-solving mindset, taking ownership of challenges and responding quickly to changing priorities.

Ideally, you'll have previous experience within a retail, buying, trading or FMCG environment, with an understanding of category management. Experience working within trading or account management would be advantageous but above all, you'll be commercially curious, eager to learn, resilient under pressure and excited by the opportunity to support one of the most dynamic and fast-moving categories in grocery retail.

What We Offer

✔ Competitive salary

✔ Hybrid working

✔ A city-centre location with excellent transport links

✔ Plenty of opportunities to socialise, with shops, cafés, bars and restaurants near Asda House

✔ A fast-paced, supportive team environment where you can develop your career and make a real impact

Join us and be part of one of the most exciting categories in grocery, with the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive in a dynamic commercial team

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 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

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