About the role A fantastic opportunity for Cafe colleagues has arisen (6-month secondment)to workwithin the Buying & Supply Chain team as a Buying Admin Assistant. Reporting into the Buying & Supply Chain Manager this central team role will include a range of buying and supply chain duties including stock management, product costing and availability, data and report analysis and responsibility for Cafe stock allocations. The successful applicant should be organised and a great communicator, with a good understanding of the Fourth system. Experience using Excel is essential as this role will include data analysis and reporting. At Tesco, we believe in thepowerof 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. You will be responsible for Maintenance and updating of our Fourth ingredient catalogue (pricing/ product changes). Tracking stock levels with suppliers, ensuring product is always available for our Cafes. Running cost and availability checks for our expanding Coffee Shop proposition and supporting with deliveries and requests for our site on campus. Using Excel to analyse and understand performance issues, review costs & availability. Building allocations for new menus and ensuring products land to Cafes on time. Supporting your manager to manage supplier performance and build long term supplier relationships. Preparing reports to assist the Buying manager in making recommendations for the business andsharing with the wider team. Managing the purchasing email inbox, being the first point of contact for Cafe supply issues/ ad hoc requests. Being a bridge between suppliers and Cafes, communicating supply issues and helping to find resolutions. Collaborating with the wider team and assisting with requests from other departments. You will need Skills required: Fourth management experience Data analysis Microsoft Excel Report preparation and analysis Preferred experience: Supplier management Stock management 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 (plusBank 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 6weeks 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 Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome .We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here. We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.