Assistant Merchandise Planner - Outdoor 12 Month Secondment

Tesco; Digswell; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Tesco is seeking an Assistant Merchandise Planner for Outdoor to support planning and trading of Seasonal Events, driving sales, profit, and stock efficiency. You will collaborate with Buying to develop customer-focused product ranges using data and insight for commercial decisions.

You will assist in range-building, analyse data for strategy packs, and ensure the range launch aligns with critical path while supporting post-launch reviews and trade plans.

Qualifications

• Report preparation experience.
• Range Building.
• Data analysis and numeracy skills.
• MS Office (esp Excel) skills.
• Great communications skills.
• Data Analysis.
• Range and Trade Planning.
• Working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the departmental range building process by collating and analysing data for strategy packs and range sign offs to deliver sales, stock and profit targets.
• Contribute to strategy and trade meetings with information based on fact and intuition.
• Ensure systems accurately reflect the range build for launch in line with critical path.
• Support the department range launch critical path (including post launch reviews).
• Feeding into the promotion and events trade plan (including managing nomination process in line with budget).
• Updating and maintaining all ranging/ merchandising systems/ trackers.
• Ensuring that our pricing is administered within agreed timescales, adhering to pricing policy.
• Identifying and managing exit of lines from the business including escalating impact on all KPI's.
• Realising and creating awareness of the departmental WSSI forecasting (at sub group level to small department level), highlighting risks and opportunities and managing KPI's Vs budget.
• Preparing Monday Trade Analysis reports and undertaking follow up actions.
• Reviewing performance Vs. all KPI's highlighting risks, opportunities and proposing actions.

Skills

Data analysis

Numeracy

Teamwork

Communication skills

Report preparation

Range building

Range planning

Trade planning

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

As the Assistant Merchandise Planner for Outdoor, you'll support the planning and trading of the Seasonal Events category, helping to maximise sales, profit, and stock efficiency. Working in close partnership with the Buying team, you will contribute to the development and delivery of customer-focused product ranges, using data and insight to support key commercial decisions.

• Assisting in the departmental range building process (including collating and analysing data for strategy packs and range sign offs) to deliver sales, stock and profit targets.
• Contribute to strategy and trade meetings with information based on fact and intuition.
• Ensuring systems accurately reflect the range build for launch in line with critical path.
• Supporting the department range launch critical path (including post launch reviews).
• Feeding into the promotion and events trade plan (including managing nomination process in line with budget).
• Updating and maintaining all ranging/ merchandising systems/ trackers.
• Ensuring that our pricing is administered within agreed timescales, adhering to pricing policy.
• Identifying and managing exit of lines from the business including escalating impact on all KPI's.
• Realising and creating awareness of the departmental WSSI forecasting (at sub group level to small department level), highlighting risks and opportunities and managing KPI's Vs budget.
• Preparing Monday Trade Analysis reports and undertaking follow up actions.
• Reviewing performance Vs. all KPI's highlighting risks, opportunities and proposing actions.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

• Report preparation experience.
• Range Building.
• Data analysis and numeracy skills.
• MS Office (esp Excel) skills.
• Great communications skills.
• Data Analysis.
• Range and Trade Planning.
• Working as part of a team.

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