Assistant Buyer - Tesco Hospitality

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

Job summary

A leading retail company in the UK is seeking a Buying & Supply Chain Assistant to join their Hospitality Buying & Supply Chain team. This full-time role includes responsibilities such as sourcing products, managing supplier relationships, and analyzing data. The ideal candidate should have experience in buying or supply chain and be proficient in data analysis using Microsoft Excel. The role offers a hybrid work model with three days a week at the office in Welwyn Garden City.

Qualifications

• Organised and a great communicator.
• Experience in buying and/or supply chain.
• Experience using Excel for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing new products for sites & customers.
• Maintaining ingredient catalogue and tracking stock levels.
• Analyzing performance issues and reviewing costs & availability.
• Running the purchasing email inbox and supporting supplier relationships.

Skills

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Supplier management

Communication

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within the Hospitality Buying & Supply Chain team as a Buying & Supply Chain Assistant.

Reporting into the Buying & Supply Chain Manager, this head office role will encompass a wide range of buying and supply chain duties including supplier & stock management, new product sourcing, product costing and availability, data and report analysis and responsibility for Café stock availability.

The successful applicant should be organised and a great communicator, with experience in buying and/or supply chain. Experience using Excel is crucial as this role will include data analysis and reporting.

This is a full-time role, including 3 days a week at the Tesco Head Office in Welwyn Garden City.

• Sourcing new products, ensuring the right product at the right price for our sites & customers.
• Working alongside the Food Development team on new menu and product launches.
• Maintaining and regularly updating our ingredient catalogue (pricing/ product changes).
• Tracking stock levels with suppliers, ensuring product is always available in The Café and The Coffee Shops.
• Running cost and availability checks for our growing Coffee Shop proposition and supporting with deliveries and requests for our site on campus.
• Analysing and understanding performance issues, reviewing costs & availability.
• Building allocations for new menus and ensuring products land into Cafés and Coffee Shops on time.
• Supporting your manager to handle supplier performance and build long term supplier relationships.
• Running the purchasing email inbox, being the first point of contact for Café & Coffee Shop supply issues/ ad hoc requests.
• Being a bridge between suppliers and sites, communicating supply issues and helping to find resolutions.
• Collaborating with the wider team and assisting with requests from other departments.

• A passion for hospitality buying
• Previous buying experience
• Strong supplier and partner management, with the ability to communicate & influence effectively
• Adaptable & resilient, able to perform in a fast paced & constantly evolving environment
• Data analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Report preparation and analysis (experience using the Fourth RME system preferred but not essential)

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