Head of Product Development
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Tachwedd 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 01 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Cwmni: | Tesco |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | tesco/TP/8568366/970085 |
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About the role
As Head of Product Development, you’ll lead a talented team to shape and deliver best-in-class product development that truly reflects the Tesco Customer strategy. This is a pivotal role where you’ll define and own the Product Plan, driving both New Product Development (NPD) and Existing Product Development (EPD) activity for the next 1–2 years. Working collaboratively across the wider business, you’ll ensure our product pipeline is innovative, commercially sound, and meets evolving customer needs.
You’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership, inspiring your team to deliver exceptional quality and value. From concept to launch, you’ll champion creativity, operational excellence, and customer insight to bring products to life that make a real difference.
You will be responsible for
- Translating the Brand & category visions into development strategies & plans for my team.
- Governing the Product Development process & plans (product, packaging & design) for the year ahead, ensuring they have clear business & customer rationale & launch on time.
- Developing an innovative NPD Pipeline for the future in line with the category\'s supplier strategy.
- Shaping our sourcing strategy, working in collaboration with the teams, to select & develop the best supply base.
- Building great relationships with our supplier partners & ensuring the teams engage with them on product & strategy.
- Driving a culture & being an ambassador of product innovation, with customers at the heart of everything we do.
- Contributing to change programmes, ensuring changes to process & structures are embedded successfully.
- Acts as a voice for their team, advising leaders to ensure challenges, learnings & opportunities inform decision making.
- Providing thought leadership to help shape the function\'s response to challenges & approach to medium term plans.
- Managing the people routines for my categories such as performance, talent, resource & recruitment.
- Empowering my team to deliver the short-term plan within clear decision-making parameters.
- Role modelling leadership, so that my team are motivated & feel it is a great place to work.
- Developing & leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.
- 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 & understanding of product trends.
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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 45% of base salary
- Car Cash Allowance
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount
- 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
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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