Assistant Buyer - Paperchase
| Posting date: | 02 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/16617688/937207 |
Summary
About the role
We are on the lookout for an Assistant Buyer to join our innovative Paperchase & Fashion Stationery team. As an Assistant Buyer, you will support the Buying Manager to develop, source and buy great quality, sustainably focussed products for my customers at the best price.
You will be responsible for
- Support, develop & implement the Paperchase strategy to meet category & customer objectives.
- Work collaboratively with Design, Technical & insight teams to develop & brief new products, packaging & initiatives to give Tesco a point of differentiation vs the competition.
- Conduct competitor benchmarking, visiting stores/websites to understand how my range compares & identifying gaps / opportunities.
- Review existing supplier performance & identify potential new suppliers & grow joint capability in a sustainable way.
- Support category merchandising colleagues to develop a trade plan that is best in class and appeals to our customers.
- Work with suppliers, International Sourcing & Technical team to ensure product quality and ethical first is achieved and maintained.
- Manage category costs & ensuring the price basket is managed so we are the right price for customers & competitive in the market whilst delivering the budget margin.
- Ensure commercial expenditure is loaded and invoiced correctly & on time.
- Work with supply chain to deliver best route to market, improve availability, reduce waste and understand MOQ impacts.
- Give, ask for and action feedback.
- Have a personal development plan for my behavioural and technical needs.
- I manage & conduct work activities in such a way as to ensure the safety, health & welfare at work of all colleagues & customers.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.
You will need
- Product development & attention to detail.
- Collaboration & communication skills across multiple stakeholders of varying roles.
- Good communication skills.
- Cost Price Negotiation.
- Presentation skills.
- Data analysis and numeracy (MS Excel).
- Supplier Management.
- Critical path management.
- Understand and interpret market conditions & future trends.
- Self motivated with endless enthusiasm & passion.
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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 10% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank 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 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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