About the role
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 making sure our customers get 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.
You will be responsible for
* Supporting my manager to manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers and supporting to build long term supplier relationships
* Providing support to ensure my category has a long term, customer led plan which drives loyalty
* Conducting regular store/website visits and reviewing customer insight and 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 with support from my manager, improving the trading position in a sustainable way
* Supporting delivery of my department’s trade, promotions/marketing and events plan, striving to exceed KPI forecasts and drive footfall
* Supporting Tesco Business Services and Supply Chain, helping getting our products in all channels on time
* Working with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained
* Loading Commercial Income and ensuring our suppliers are invoiced correctly, managing over-charge, under-charges and aged debt on a weekly basis
* Briefing, developing and managing all artwork and POS
* Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all my training
* Manage GHS set up
You will need
Operational skills & e xperience relevant for this job:
* Influencing & negotiation
* Stakeholder management
* Supplier management
* Buying and Range management
* Trade planning
* Data analysis
* Microsoft Office
* Clear presentation skills
What’s in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
* 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 years’ 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
Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.
It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.
We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.
But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.
We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers
Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.
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