Assistant Merchandise Planner - Baby - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco UK is seeking an Assistant Merchandiser for our Baby department. You will work with the Merchandising Planning Manager and cross‑functional teams to use data and insight to drive performance across the category.

You will provide merchandising support, build balanced product ranges, manage stock, and lead critical paths for order management. The role emphasizes data analysis, collaboration with suppliers, and promotional execution across channels.

Qualifications

• An analytical mindset.
• Curious way of thinking.
• Commercial/retail interest.
• Excel skills.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide merchandising support and prepare analysis for your manager.
• Collaborate with the HSC Merchandising team and suppliers.
• Collate market and competitor insight to understand customer needs.
• Build balanced ranges to meet sales, stock and profit targets.
• Lead order management paths and keep databases up to date.
• Support intake to ensure product availability and launches.
• Produce weekly WSSI and line flow insights to track performance.
• Prepare analyses to manage stock risk and markdown opportunities.
• Schedule and implement promotions and markdowns across channels.
• Resolve supply chain/replenishment issues to hit availability targets.
• Assist in strategy prep and history/trend analysis for sign‑off.
• Follow the Business Code of Conduct and act with integrity.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Curious mindset

Commercial/retail interest

Excel

Communication

Job description

As an Assistant Merchandiser for our Baby department, you'll play a key role in bringing our ranges to life, ensuring the right products are available in the right place at the right time for our customers. Working closely with your Merchandising Planning Manager and cross-functional teams, you'll use data, insight and commercial thinking to help drive performance across your category.

Responsibilities

• Providing merchandising support to keep the department running efficiently, preparing analysis for your manager (incl. Monday trade analysis) and collaborating closely with the HSC Merchandising team and suppliers.
• We collate and share market and competitor insight so we can understand what our customers really want.
• We help build balanced ranges for our department that meet sales, stock and profit targets.
• Leading all aspects of order management critical paths, line projections and ensuring ranging databases are up to date and accurate.
• Handling intake to ensure product availability and support new launches and events.
• Produce weekly sub class WSSI and line flows which helps our merchandise planning managers track sales, margin and stock across regions and channels.
• Prepare analysis which helps your manager to handle risk, suggesting any stock repeats and markdown management opportunities.
• Scheduling and implementing promotions and markdowns across all channels and regions.
• Resolving or calling out supply chain/ replenishment issues, helping the team to hit stock and availability targets.
• Supporting the MPM in preparation for sign off and strategy; analysing history, trends and best and worst.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

Required Attributes

• An analytical mindset.
• Curious way of thinking.
• Commercial/retail interest.
• Excel skills.
• Good communication skills.

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