Overview
Senior Director – Central Logistics – Leeds, LS11 5AD
Job Title
Senior Director – Central Logistics
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive Salary plus benefits
Category
Distribution/Transportation
Closing Date
12 October 2025
About the role:
The role is to provide service & support to the operations teams through depots delivering to store. It is also to represent ALS across the wider Asda business & acting as the conduit between central & local teams.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead and implement the network operational plan to meet business strategy and cost.
- Responsible for leading business change projects.
- Responsible for overall network KRAs.
- Responsible for central colleagues, driving the strategy to attract, develop and retain the best talent.
- Liaise with the People & Labour relations teams to find joint solutions.
- Chair the RJC and support national pay negotiations.
- Develop milestone plan & governance proposal to support implementation of the network plan.
- Identify department savings as part of the LCOM agenda in their network.
- Build network future capability through a combination of external talent sourcing, internal skill transfer and identifying appropriate talent solutions.
- Optimising available resources – people, process, equipment to ensure delivery of network plan.
- Providing support & connection between ALS depot operations and wider central teams within Asda – mainly supply and retail.
How you’ll do it:
Knowledge
- The role requires comprehensive knowledge of logistics, along with the experience of leading a business area in delivering against functional objectives.
- You will use your diverse understanding of logistics as you drive improvement in ALS.
Communicating and influencing
- This is a leadership role, requiring you to build and maintain a network of peers and contacts.
- You will comfortably challenge, confront, and solve difficult situations whilst maintaining solid internal and external connections.
- Influencing and negotiating at different levels across the business and with third party suppliers.
- You will achieve results through inspiring and motivating your team(s) to take action and deliver against the strategy.
Freedom to Think and Act
- This role requires a degree of autonomous thinking as you set and deliver your areas strategy using your experience and guided by broad principles and direction of the business. You have the freedom to define your own plan using own judgement to achieve success.
Skills for the role:
Required
- Proven influence at all levels.
- Substantial experience of Negotiating with third parties.
- Stakeholder management.
- Experience of strategic thinking.
- Ability to think ahead, make decisions to adapt plans.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Experience of logistics.
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 1.5 times colleagues’ contribution (Max 15%)
- Company Car allowance of £12,000
- 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
