About the role
We\'re looking for a brave and curious individual to join our healthcare team as a Medicines Buyer, working closely with leading FMCG suppliers on strategic projects aimed at enhancing customer health.
As a Medicines Buyer, you\'ll collaborate with industry leaders to drive health initiatives, explore opportunities in a growing sector, and develop your career in a supportive environment. If you\'re passionate about health and eager to grow your career, please get in touch! This is an established WL2 role.
You will be responsible for
* Building a customer focused, long term category strategy that delivers sustainable, profitable growth for the business & drives market out-performance
* Finding, developing and managing both branded & OB suppliers, to deliver our customer propositions and our joint business targets whilst ensuring that product quality is achieved & maintained.
* Working with suppliers to build a strong Buy, Move, Sell plans that ensures our products are manufactured, moved & sold in the most efficient way possible
* Delivering a strong sell plans through, promotions, feature and events, drive footfall.
* Forecasting and managing budgets effectively.
* Delivering KPI targets. Always being cost conscious.
* Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and leading a culture of compliance within the team.
* Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
* Commercial buying experience
* Experience of managing and delivering projects
* Range and trade planning
* Broad business and commercial knowledge Working with teams across the business
* Budget Management & forecasting
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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 20% of base salary
* Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* 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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