Assistant Buyer - Home and Clothing (Permanent and Fixed Term Contract Opportunities)

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational retailer is looking for an ambitious Assistant Buyer to join their Home and Clothing teams. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a Buying Manager to deliver customer-led product ranges. Applicants should have a strong background in buying, supplier management, and negotiation skills, along with an inclination for data analysis. The position promotes a collaborative work environment, spending 60% of the time in the office and 40% remotely, offering flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Assistant Buyer or similar role.
• Ability to build and source customer/market insight led ranges.
• Strong negotiation skills and supplier management experience.

Responsibilities

• Help build customer-led product ranges and innovations.
• Support manager in managing supplier performance.
• Conduct regular store visits and review trends.

Skills

Influencing & negotiation

Stakeholder management

Supplier management

Buying and Range management

Trade planning

Data analysis

Microsoft Office

Retail Maths knowledge

Clear presentation skills

Job description

At Tesco, we believe in thepowerof spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for ambitious and hard-working Assistant Buyers to join our dynamic Home and Clothing (F&F) teams here at Tesco. Tesco is a leading multinational retailer and as an Assistant Buyer at Tesco, you will play a huge role within the team. Working alongside a Buying Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring we plan and deliver the most commercial and profitable ranges to meet our Customer’s needs.

These roles would suit someone who is already an established Assistant Buyer looking for a new challenge.

• Helping to build and source customer/market insight led ranges and product innovation.
• Supporting my manager to manage supplier performance.
• Leading product setup within Tesco proprietary systems ready for sale.
• Identifying potential new suppliers and supporting to build long term supplier relationships.
• Providing support to ensure my category has a long term, customer led plan which drives loyalty.
• Conducting regular store/website visits and reviewing customer insight and trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers.
• Negotiating with suppliers with support from my manager, improving the trading position in a sustainable way.
• Supporting delivery of my department’s trade, promotions/marketing and events plan, striving to exceed KPI forecasts and drive footfall.
• Supporting Tesco Business Services and Supply Chain, helping getting our products in all channels on time.
• Working with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained.
• Loading Commercial Income and ensuring our suppliers are invoiced correctly, managing over-charge, under-charges and aged debt on a weekly basis.
• Briefing, developing and managing all artwork and POS.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all my training.
• Manage GHS set up.

• Influencing & negotiation.
• Stakeholder management.
• Supplier management.
• Buying and Range management.
• Trade planning.
• Data analysis.
• Microsoft Office.
• Retail Maths knowledge.
• Clear presentation skills.

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