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Buying Manager - Sweet Bakery

Employer
Tesco Plc
Location
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
19 Feb 2018

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Buying, Sales

Job Details

Buying Manager - Sweet Bakery

Job Introduction

You will source and buy great quality products, giving our customers the best offer, range and prices available. You will also lead and develop my team of Assistant Buyers and Trainee Buyers.

Main Responsibilities

  • Building a best in class, long term buying and supply chain plan that is aligned to the Sell plan and that uses our scale competitively
  • Finding, developing and managing suppliers, to deliver our customer propositions and our joint business targets whilst ensuring that product quality is achieved & maintained. 
  • Negotiating a sustainable, market leading commercial positio
  • Supporting my department’s trade, promotions and events plan, through buying efficiently, striving to exceed KPI forecasts and drive footfall 
  • Forecasting and managing my budgets effectively.  Delivering quantum profit targets.  Always being cost conscious.  
  • Leading the Move Plan, ensuring we get our products to store efficiently, cost effectively and on time.
  • Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best
  • Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and hand-over protocols and successfully completing all my training so that I have zero GSCOP breaches.  Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and leading a culture of compliance within my team
  • Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

The Ideal Candidate

  • Commercial buying experience
  • Range and trade planning
  • Leading and developing teams
  • Report preparation and analysis
  • Influencing and negotiation
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Buying management
  • Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Supplier economics

About The Company

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It is part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work and we are proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.

We are 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, we have a vast variety of roles and 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.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life and we would love to hear from you!

Package Description

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

  • An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary
  • Car allowance £5330
  • Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day
  • A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
  • Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
  • Buy As You Earn Scheme
  • Save As You Earn Scheme
  • Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
  • Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses

Company

Careers at Tesco come in many different forms, which is just what you'd expect from a successful and varied business like ours. And with over 500,000 employees in 12 countries and almost 3,000 stores in the UK alone, we can offer the kind of diversity of opportunity that you're unlikely to find anywhere else.

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