About the role
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.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Category Buying Manager on Pet and Bulk Buyon a 10 month FTC.
This role will require someone with a strong level of commercial expertise and robust leadership to ignite innovation and drive success.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the category strategy review process and change programmes with clear plans to drive growth and innovation
You will be responsible for
1. Motivating the teams to deliver financial targets, accurate sales and quantum profit budgets for the area
2. Leading all aspects of the selling and buying plan ensuring there is supplier strategy to meet the total category plan
3. Leading or supporting complex negotiations by your buying team, meeting regularly with our supply base
4. Challenging your team to develop customer focused ranges & product innovation across formats, channels & affluence levels, with the right sourcing plan
5. Reviewing & responding to weekly trading results and competitor actions, ensuring price is commercial.
6. Working on the category trade and events plan with market leading, customer insight driven promotions and events
7. Developing and leading a successful team, giving them opportunities to be at their best
8. Forecasting and leading optimally, always being cost conscious
9. Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all training so that we have zero GSCOP breaches.
10. Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and handling a culture of compliance within the team
11. Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
Operational skills:
12. Influencing
13. Collaborator and Supplier management
14. Buying and Range management
15. Trade planning
16. Forecasting and waste management
Experience:
17. Commercial buying experience
18. Category management
19. Product area strategy, understanding of the wider strategy
20. Leading and developing teams
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What's in it for you
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21. Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary
22. Car Cash Allowance
23. Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
24. Private medical insurance
25. Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount
26. 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
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.