Assistant Merchandise Planner - Baby - 12 Month Secondment

Tesco UK; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Tesco UK is seeking an Assistant Merchandiser for our Baby department. You will support merchandising operations, provide analysis, and collaborate with planning managers and suppliers to ensure products are in the right place at the right time.

You will collate market insights, help build balanced ranges, and lead order management and stock control across channels. The role requires analytical thinking, curiosity, and strong communication, with flexible hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide merchandising support and prepare analysis for your manager (incl. Monday trade analysis) and collaborate with the HSC Merchandising team and suppliers.
• Collate and share market and competitor insight to understand what customers want.
• Help build balanced ranges to meet sales, stock and profit targets.
• Lead all aspects of order management critical paths, line projections and ensure databases are up-to-date.
• Handle intake to ensure product availability and support launches and events.
• Produce weekly sub class WSSI and line flows for tracking sales, margin and stock.
• Prepare analysis to handle risk, suggesting stock repeats and markdown opportunities.
• Schedule and implement promotions and markdowns across channels and regions.
• Resolve supply chain/replenishment issues to hit stock and availability targets.
• Support the MPM in preparation for sign off and strategy; analyse history, trends and best/worst.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Curious thinking

Commercial/retail interest

Good communication skills

Tools

Excel

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.

• 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.

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

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At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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