About the role
At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
We are on the look out for an experienced lead design manager to join our exciting creative team. We are looking for someone who is driven and passionate about leading and delivering a creative commercial product vision for the category. The role will need you to deputise for Head of Design and lead your team to deliver trend, events direction, and divisional or cross-divisional projects in line with strategic business objectives.
You will need to collaborate effectively with collaborators, demonstrating a proactive and forthcoming attitude while staying updated on the latest design and social trends. Be confident in leading and implementing the strategy across the category. The role involves a focused collaborative work ethic with excellent priority and time management skills.
You will be responsible for
* Inspire the design team to deliver product that is aligned to the F&F brand strategy with an always on approach to Identifying and driving new product opportunities as they emerge in the market.
* Drive key seasonal strategy across departments, delivering key events/trends/key items ensuring that the seasonal strategy is logically and commercially thought through.
* Anticipating the needs of the F&F customers, using sales data, customer profile analytics and trend research to deliver commercial product ranges that resonate.
* Lead POS/Press Lines, online Edits, Magazine, with key collaborators for your area.
* Oversee multiple departments.
* Representing / deputising for my HOD at cross divisional meetings when required.
* Lead on researching, presenting macro trends to the business every season, jointly across Clothing and Home, along with strategic recommendations. Understanding what this means for my category and implementing projects that support this in a collaborative way to ensure we are chasing customer demand correctly.
* Attend key sign offs/range builds/creative reviews with key collaborators.
* Present key business strategy to the leadership team.
* Take responsibility for relaying bigger picture messages to the design team in a timely, digestible and relatable way. Ensuring team members understand the next steps applicable to them.
* Building strong relationships with supplier partners and external collaborators.
People Management and Relationships
* Inspiring, developing and motivating team members, providing them with clear direction and regular feedback.
* Manage, support and coach your team to line manage effectively. Take responsibility for the growth and development of everyone in the design team and lean into any performance issues.
* Lead in the recruitment of new talent and be a key strategic voice in the structure and placement of internal team members.
* Have the ability to manage upwards, across and down effectively.
* Track budgets, samples, travel and general spend.
* Lead my team as a role model; live and breathe inclusive leadership.
You will need
* A degree in Design (product, fashion, furniture, textiles, surface pattern, decorative arts).
* Relevant industry experience within a design product retailer.
* Experience of working cross-functionally/multi category to deliver initiatives that have a positive commercial impact.
* Proven ability to drive the success of a department or brand through strategic and commercial thinking.
* Experience with Photoshop, Adobe, CAD.
* Strong organisation skills, initiative, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
* The ability to build great relationships with colleagues across the business and suppliers alike.
* Can gain agreement from the team and management to potentialise opportunities.
* Embraces, role models and champions the benefits of change within the wider team.
* Demonstrates an effective and inclusive leadership style, role modelling positive behaviours and providing the team with clear direction and development.
* Comfortable travelling in the UK and internationally for supplier/product development meetings and inspirational purposes.
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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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