Continuous Improvement Manager - Food

Tesco PLC; Digswell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer seeks a professional to manage sourcing strategy and cost modelling. This opportunity offers development in a fast-paced environment with responsibilities including stakeholder engagement and project management. Ideal candidates should possess strong financial competency and experience in a manufacturing background. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including an annual bonus scheme and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in Food or manufacturing environment.
• Experience delivering results using Business Improvement techniques.
• Ability to interpret financial statements and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end to end benefit through cost base programme.
• Support Tesco product partners to unlock financial improvements.
• Provide independent oversight on supplier cost base models.

Skills

Strong stakeholder engagement experience

Strong financial competency

Analytical software skills

Program and project management experience

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

The Tesco Sourcing team is at the pioneering edge of Sourcing strategy, Cost Modelling, End to End efficiencies and Price Risk Management within the Retail sector. This role will offer the chance to develop world class cost model management and exposure to industry leading end to end analysis. This is also a fantastic opportunity to grow in a fast-paced environment, helping reshape the way we work through structured governance and develop our supplier partners! You will be responsible for

Responsibilities

• Delivering end to end benefit through our cost base programme reviewing supply chain from Raw Material, Inbound Logistics, Processing and Distribution.
• Supporting and stretching Tesco product partners to support unlocking stretching site financial business improvements, supporting return on investment programmes.
• Providing independent oversight on supplier cost base models, identifying impacts and P&L drivers.
• Being an active member across the Tesco group, supplying to and drawing from best practice standards to help drive coordinated group-wide performance improvement.
• Supporting our sourcing team and own brand supply strategy decisions as well as buying teams with industry expertise and intelligence on raw materials and industry/supplier cost structures, P&L.
• Preparing periodic briefings to categories and senior management.
• Participating in cross-functional deep dive projects to drive large scale efficiency across the business.
• Working with our supplier/partner to assess cost drivers, business models and review capacity models - on site and off site at factories and distribution centres.
• Managing of projects holding stakeholders to account regarding critical paths.
• Continuous improvement of our approach and ability to collaborate cross-functions.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, GSCoP and our Business Code of Conduct, always acting with integrity and due diligence.

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder engagement experience.
• Strong financial competency, understanding and ability to interpret financial statements and reporting.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment, recognised as a world class or lean organisation.
• Experience of delivering results using Business Improvement techniques.
• Experience within leading teams through business process changes and site improvement plans.
• Skilled in analytical software plus competent user of Microsoft Office suite.
• Proven experience to be able to deliver training, coach others and facilitate group problem solving sessions.
• Program and project management experience. These may be trained or developed however the ideal candidate would have 5 years experience within Food (Short life).
• Disability Confident.

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Tesco Values

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It's part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year. We are the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers. But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers.

Benefits

• 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 (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