Assistant Merchandiser - Paperchase - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailer in Welwyn Garden City seeks an Assistant Merchandiser for maternity leave cover. The successful candidate will manage product ranges and contribute to strategy while ensuring profitability. Responsibilities include building balanced ranges, conducting analysis, and supporting range launches. Ideal applicants have merchandising experience, strong analytical and communication skills. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Merchandising experience.
• Producing and analysing reports.

Responsibilities

• Building balanced ranges for the department.
• Contributing to strategy and trade with data.
• Ensuring accurate MPR systems for launches.
• Supporting departmental range launch.
• Managing promotion and events trade plan.
• Updating merchandising systems and trackers.
• Administering pricing within timescales.
• Conducting ad-hoc analysis for category improvements.
• Managing exit of lines and KPI impacts.
• Forecasting and managing departmental risks.
• Undertaking trade analysis reports.
• Reviewing performance against KPIs and proposing actions.
• Resolving supply chain issues with Demand Planning.

Skills

Analysis and report preparation skills

Data analysis and numeracy skills

MS Office (esp Excel)

Communications

Job description

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Temporary • Apply by 01-Dec-2025

We are delighted to share that we are recruiting for an ambitious, experienced and hard‑working Assistant Merchandiser on a Maternity leave cover, to oversee parts of Paperchase range and event categories. Tesco is a leading multinational retailer and as an Assistant Merchandiser at Tesco, you will play a huge role within the team.

Working alongside an Assistant Buyer, you will be responsible for ensuring we plan and deliver the most commercial and profitable ranges to meet our Customer's needs.

Please note: If you are applying for a Secondment opportunity, your benefits, including bonus, will continue to align to your current role, for further information please refer to the Secondment policy.

What is in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 year's service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for

• Building balanced ranges for our department that meet sales, stock and profit targets
• Contributing to strategy and trade with information based on fact and intuition.
• Ensuring the MPR systems accurately reflect the range build for launch in line with critical path
• Supporting the department range launch critical path
• Feeding into the promotion and events trade plan (incl. 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
• Ad-hoc analysis, including lessons learnt, cost to serve, and pareto, giving recommendations for ways to improve category sales or margin as a result
• Identifying and managing exit of lines from the business including escalating impact on all KPI's
• Management of the departmental WSSI forecasting (at sub group level to small department level), highlighting risks and opportunities and managing KPI's Vs budget.
• Monday Trade Analysis reports and undertaking follow up actions
• Reviewing performance Vs. all KPI's highlighting risks, opportunities and proposing actions-
• Working alongside Demand Planning to help resolve any supply chain/ replenishment issues

You will need

Operational skills relevant for this job:

• Analysis and report preparation skills
• Data analysis and numeracy skills
• MS Office (esp Excel)
• Communications

Experience relevant for this job:

• Merchandising experience
• Producing and analysing reports

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