Buying Assistant for Electrical Accessories - 12 Parental Leave Cover
We’ve got an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Assistant Buyer. In this role, you’ll play a key part in shaping ranges, building supplier relationships, and ensuring our customers receive the products they love.
From spotting new suppliers and negotiating deals to reviewing customer insights and driving product innovation, you’ll be hands‑on across every stage of the buying process. You’ll also support promotions, events and supply‑chain activity, helping us deliver quality products on time in every channel.
Responsibilities
* Support my manager to manage supplier performance, identify potential new suppliers and build long‑term supplier relationships.
* Provide support to ensure the category has a long‑term, customer‑led plan that drives loyalty.
* Conduct regular store/website visits and review customer insight and trends to shape future product and range requirements.
* Help build and source customer/market insight‑led ranges and product innovation.
* Negotiate with suppliers with support from the manager, improving the trading position sustainably.
* Support delivery of the department’s trade, promotions/marketing and events plan, striving to exceed KPI forecasts and drive footfall.
* Support Tesco Business Services and Supply Chain, helping get products in all channels on time.
* Work with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained.
* Load commercial income and ensure suppliers are invoiced correctly, managing over‑charges, under‑charges and aged debt on a weekly basis.
* Brief, develop and manage all artwork and point‑of‑sale material.
* Adhere to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols, and successfully complete all training.
* Manage GHS set up.
Requirements
* Influencing and negotiation skills.
* Stakeholder management.
* Supplier management.
* Experience in buying and range management.
* Trade planning.
* Data analysis.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
* Clear presentation skills.
Benefits
* 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 of service (full pay) followed by 13 weeks of statutory maternity or adoption pay, and 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
* Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family, free access to a range of experts supporting mental well‑being.
About Us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or mobile network. We’re all of those things and more. Our colleagues work with one goal: to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities worldwide. 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. We welcome conversations about flexible working to support you in your application and beyond. We’re an accredited Disability Confident Leader and commit to an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. If you’re interested, but don’t tick every box, don’t let that hold you back from applying.
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