Buying Manager - Easter and Halloween Confectionery

Tesco PLC; Digswell; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

Holiday 25 days + personal day + bank

Private medical insurance

6 weeks fully paid parental leave

24/7 virtual GP, EAP

Job summary

Tesco PLC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Buying Manager for Easter and Halloween confectionery to lead and develop a team of Assistant Buyers and Trainee Buyers; you will source and buy great quality products, deliver a compelling range, and set long-term plans aligned to customer needs.

You will use insight tools to analyze performance, manage supplier relationships, negotiate costs, and drive KPIs, promotions, and growth while adhering to Tesco policies and the Buying model.

Qualifications

• Influencing and negotiation skills for strategic sourcing.
• Commercial buying experience across confectionery or grocery categories.
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Range and trade planning aligned to customer demand.
• Strong supplier management and relationship building.
• Experience leading and developing buying teams.

Responsibilities

• Source and buy great quality confectionery products for Easter and Halloween.
• Lead and develop a team of Assistant Buyers and Trainee Buyers.
• Ensure a long term customer-led plan that drives loyalty and KPIs.
• Use insight tools to analyse performance and identify opportunities.
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve market-leading costs and terms.
• Deliver the category strategy and trade plan, including promotions and events.

Skills

Influencing and negotiation

Commercial buying experience

Stakeholder Management

Range and trade planning

Supplier Management

Leading and developing teams

Buying management

Report preparation and analysis

Data Analysis

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are on the lookout for a Buying Manager - Easter and Halloween confectionary to join our team here are Tesco. You will source and buy great quality products, giving our customers the best offer, range and prices available. You will lead and develop my team of Assistant Buyers and Trainee Buyers. You will be responsible for

• Ensuring my buying area has a long term customer led plan, which drives customer loyalty.
• I use insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities. I develop plans to deliver category strategy.
• Supporting my departments range strategy to implement a customer focused range which delivers financial KPIs.
• Source innovative product to deliver insight led ranges across channels, regions & affluence levels to support the category strategy.
• Build & manage supplier relationships through a supplier strategy to develop a market leading buy, move and sell plan aligned to the customer plan and category strategy. Identifying and assessing new suppliers to deliver market leading product innovation.
• Supporting my department's sell plan to deliver trade, promotions, events exceeding KPI forecasts and drive footfall.
• Delivering my team's sales and quantum profit budget, market share and out-performance targets. Negotiate with supplier partners to deliver market leading product costs and investment in-line with Tesco Buying model.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all my training so that I have zero GSCOP breaches.
• Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and leading a culture of compliance within my team.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

You will need

• Influencing and negotiation.
• Commercial buying experience.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Range and trade planning.
• Supplier Management.
• Leading and developing teams.
• Buying management.
• Report preparation and analysis.
• Data Analysis.
• Microsoft Excel.
• Supplier economics.
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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.