Global Sourcing Manager - Home - 11 Month Secondment
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 24 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1GA |
| Cwmni: | Tesco |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | tesco/TP/12955979/975852 |
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About the role
Tesco Sourcing has been responsible for sourcing Tesco’s non-food products from across the world since 1977. We deliver fashion and home products with great value in mind for our customers.
Our headquarters are in Hong Kong, and we have hubs based in China (Shanghai), India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Turkey. We also have colleagues based within our offices in the UK and Central Europe, as well as smaller teams in Vietnam, Cambodia and Pakistan.
We are recruiting for a Global Sourcing Manager for Home (11-Month Secondment) based in UK.
About the role
Join our Strategic Sourcing team, part of the wider Non‑Food Sourcing Commercial function, where you’ll play a key role in shaping Tesco’s global supplier partnerships and driving long‑term sourcing excellence. Based in Welwyn Garden City, this team acts as the vital link between UK Buying and our global sourcing hubs, ensuring the products we deliver consistently meet customer expectations on quality, value and responsibility.
Reporting into the Hong Kong–based Head of Strategy, Risk & Assurance, you’ll partner closely with UK category teams to oversee our supply base, provide commercial and analytical insight, and strengthen supply resilience in a rapidly evolving market. You’ll be instrumental in embedding our global sourcing strategy across Home and Clothing, making strong analytical skills, exceptional stakeholder management and deep sourcing expertise essential.
You will be responsible for
Strategy
• Taking oversight of the overall shape of our supply base across all Home categories
• Facilitating PGRs, supplier categorisation and provoke exploration and solutions to strategic challenges (e.g. contingency risks, regional over-exposure, supplier performance).
• Creating forums and coordinate stakeholders for alignment and decision making on strategic supplier agenda
• Collaborating with Global Sourcing team on strategic change projects, re-source plans and evolution of supplier strategy
Operations
• Implementing & executing delivery of global sourcing tools and processes with UK commercial & country/regional sourcing teams.
• Coordinating and reporting against supply base activity (supplier data, on-boards and exits, supplier roll) and supplier performance.
• Driving continuous improvement of our sourcing processes and how we interact with category teams and our supplier partners
• Supporting & coordinating central supplier activity (e.g. SBR or B4L)
• Co-ordinating & centralising supplier facing engagement/requests across global sourcing teams
Supplier Partnerships
• Coordinating Supplier Scorecard reporting
• Tracking progress against supplier partnership plans
Leadership & Behaviours
• Living our Values & Win Together behaviours
• Managing internal & external stakeholders at all levels, confidently influencing & challenging independently
• Acting with integrity and accountability, following our business code of conduct, upholding standards while taking responsibility for actions and outcomes
• Setting clear and measurable goals, effectively managing performance to deliver the desired outcomes
• Bringing innovative and creative thinking to enhance existing processes and strategies
• Thinking beyond immediate tasks and considers future impacts and opportunities
You will need
• Experience working in a global or regional sourcing role within an international retail or consumer‑goods organisation
• Knowledge of Home categories and related sourcing routes
• Experience evaluating alternative sourcing countries for specific product types (e.g., capability, capacity, cost structures)
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data, assess risks and provide insight‑driven recommendations
• Experience managing cross‑functional, cross-cultural stakeholders and influencing at different levels, both internally and externally
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with the ability to evaluate options, make sound decisions and identify opportunities for improvement
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences
• High attention to detail, strong numeracy and proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and deliver at pace in a dynamic environment
Preferred Experience
• Knowledge of emerging sourcing markets, diversification strategies and supplier‑capability mapping
• Experience leading cross‑market projects or working closely with global hubs
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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