Food & Drinks Trend Manager (12 month FTC)
| Posting date: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 April 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, al7 1ga |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/8568366/935029 |
Summary
About the role
A fantastic and unique opportunity has arisen for a Food & Drinks Trend Manager at Tesco on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract.
This role will see the successful candidate drive forward our food passion, curiosity and deeper knowledge about the future, delivering strategic ambitions in a meaningful and collaborative way to the key teams; inspiring the product, category and brand strategy rolling thought process including annual PGRs.
Leading the management of product trends data to ensure that we understand the future landscape that it is embedded into the teams at the right time to make the right decisions will require strong and empowering leadership style that thrives in a fast pace and collaborative environment.
You will be responsible for
- Trends centre of excellence which drives food passion, curiosity and deeper knowledge about the future, delivered in a meaningful and collaborative way to the key teams inspiring the product, category and brand strategy rolling thought process including annual PGRs
- Continuously track, monitor and relate trends back into the business across all categories including drink, food, household, pet, beauty and health.
- Develop, effective stakeholder management and communication to ensure trends are embedded into the category NWTs teams and support 1/2/3* projects on Product Plan.
- Facilitate PD Forums, co-create & chef’s table sessions to feed the rolling product plan and innovation plan
- Work collaboratively with the chef team to bring to life trends & strategy for Future Food Projects / Trend Events.
- Lead assigned projects to agreed criteria and work collaboratively across the business to incorporate thinking from the right teams.
- Be curious about new technologies, ingredients and processes which could inspire or support future innovation.
- Building great relationships with our supplier partners & ensuring the teams engage with them on product & strategy.
- Driving a product culture &being an ambassador of our innovation, with customers at the heart of everything we do.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct & always acting with integrity & due diligence.
You will need
- Strong & empowering leadership style that thrives in a fast pace & collaborative environment.
- Leader who can assimilate a wide range of information & insight & balance the needs of working with stakeholders.
- A high level of knowledge of product trends.
- End to End product & proposition development.
- Experience in research and insights
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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.
For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com
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