Stores Technician - Tesco Daventry Distribution Campus
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2025 |
| Location: | Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN6 7FT |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/11467022/938475 |
Summary
About the role
I hold full control of the sites stock and spares holding In Tesco\'s most strategically important distribution Centre along with 2 other satellite stores in automated buildings adjacent.
I have a passion for the customer, recognising the Impact of the decisions that I make and the efficiency of any maintenance carried out. I ensure we have the correct spares available 24/7 through good planning, organization and ensuring we build and maintain great relationships with key suppliers.
I prioritise ordering according to budgets and liaise with my management team whenever required to ensure service Interruptions are non-existent.
You will be responsible for
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence whilst holding accountability for these key responsibilities:
- Completing stores maintenance across all three Tesco sites within the Daventry Campus to an excellent standard, whilst ensuring any components that need booking into locations are either immediately logged or scheduled in for weekly/monthly audits.
- I always operate with safety in mind.
- Building effective relationships with my colleagues, stakeholders and contractors, ensuring strong bonds with my operational colleagues and supporting them where possible.
- Being proactive and dynamic with my timekeeping, ensuring that I give the best value to the department within my working time. I actively look for ways to be supportive and continuously Improve our stock holding/quantities.
- Create documentation for tracking purposes for trending parts usage across critical areas within the automation.
- Support In ensuring sites maintenance budget Is adhered to, through working with engineers for continuous
- Improvement methods of components/holdings to support efficiency In a time of need on site breakdowns/maintenance schedules.
- Administrative maintenance, ensuring the CMMS is up to date and truly reflective of the stores department position on site and completing other tasks to a high standard.
- Direct Involvement with the planning technician for maintenance schedules across site engineers on a daily basis ensuring parts & components are available for task completion.
Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco:
- Automation / Maintenance teams
- Operational colleagues
- Parts suppliers
- Third party contractors
- Health and Safety teams
People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for in my job:
- I work autonomously within budgets defined by the business across the 3 stores under my responsibility,
- If and when priorities arise I escalate appropriately so the correct decision can be made in a swift timescale
You will need
Operational skills relevant for this job:
- Communication and stakeholder management
- Analysis and presentation of data to achieve timely decisions
- Influencing skills
- Setting and maintaining of the highest of standards
Experience relevant for this job:
- Stores management related role
- Engineering awareness
- Communication with key stakeholders
What’s in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren’t limited to:
- Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays)
- Request flexible working from day one
- Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends - save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home
- Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life
- Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%
- Benefits to suit you, choose what you use - from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes
- Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life’s moments, big and small
- Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here.
- Click here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues
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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