Overview
We are recruiting for ambitious and hard-working Assistant Buyers to join our dynamic Food team here at Tesco. Tesco is a leading multinational retailer and as an Assistant Buyer at Tesco, you will play a key role within the team.
Responsibilities
* Supporting your manager to manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers and supporting to build long term supplier relationships
* Using insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities
* Conducting regular store/website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers
* Helping to build and source customer/market insight led ranges and product innovation
* Negotiating with suppliers to agree and deliver market leading buy/move/sell plans for the areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy with support from your manager
* Supporting delivery of trade, promotions & events plan, striving to exceed KPIs, drive footfall and forecast accurately
* Supporting the Supply Chain Plan, helping getting our products in store on time
* Working with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained
* Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all your training
* Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
Experience:
* A passion for fast paced retail or experience of working in an FMCG organisation
* Buying (preferred)
* Range & trade planning
* Report preparation and analysis
Operational skills:
* Influencing & negotiation
* Stakeholder management
* Supplier management
* Buying and Range management
* Trade planning
* Data analysis
* Microsoft Excel
What’s in it for you?
* Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year’s service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay; we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
About Us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Purchasing and Supply Chain
* Retail
Industries
* Retail
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