Assistant Buyer - Nuts and Singles
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2025 |
| Location: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Company: | Tesco |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | tesco/TP/14036628/970320 |
Summary
About the role
We are looking for an Assistant Buyer for Nuts, Single Crisps and Front of Store Snacks and Biscuits - in the Impulse team, reporting into the Multipack Crisps Buying Manager.
This is a fantastic role for someone looking to raise their profile and take the next step in their buying career within a dynamic and fast-moving category. You will have exposure to a good mix of branded and OL suppliers, managing single crisps within the meal deal as well as flavoured and coated nuts and snacks. Nuts is a key focus within CSN as we continue to strengthen our position on HFSS and sustainability, and with some very exciting NPD due to land in 26/27, you will have a real opportunity to make an impact.
This role is a key part of the buying team, supporting the Buying Manager to source and buy great quality products, giving our customers the best offer, range and prices available.
You will be responsible for
- Supporting your manager to manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers and supporting to build long term supplier relationships.
- Using insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities.
- Conducting regular store/website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers
- Helping to build and source customer/market insight led ranges and product innovation.
- Negotiating with suppliers to agree and deliver market leading buy/move/sell plans for the areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy with support from your manager.
- Supporting delivery of trade, promotions & events plan, striving to exceed KPIs, drive footfall and forecast accurately.
- Supporting the Supply Chain Plan, helping getting our products in store on time.
- Working with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
- Range & trade planning experience.
- Report preparation and analysis experience.
Operational skills relevant for this job:
- Excellent Communication Skills.
- Influencing & negotiation.
- Previous Stakeholder and Supplier management experience.
- Previous Buying and Range management experience.
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel.
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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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