Product – Home and Clothing Graduate Scheme

targetjobs UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is offering a two-year scheme in buying and merchandising based in Welwyn Garden City. This is an opportunity to develop as a future leader while working closely with colleagues and creating exciting product ranges. The role includes rotating through teams, collaborating with suppliers, and gaining hands-on experience in the fashion retail sector. Additional benefits include a salary of £32,000 and an annual bonus scheme. This inclusive workplace encourages conversations around adaptable working and supports employee well-being.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 10%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Access to Nuffield Health gym

Subsidised restaurants on campus

Qualifications

• An interest in fashion and retail is helpful.
• Confidence with numbers or understanding of product performance is beneficial.
• We value a commercial mindset and curiosity about customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across buying and merchandising teams.
• Create product ranges for stores.
• Collaborate with the in-house clothing brand on fashion trends.
• Build relationships with suppliers and manage contracts.
• Support seasonal launches across various regions.

Skills

Interest in fashion and retail

Confidence with numbers

Commercial mindset

Curiosity about customers

Job description

About The Role

New for 2026, this two-year scheme brings together the best of general merchandise and fashion under one roof. It’s all about helping you grow into a future leader in buying and merchandising—while working with great people, developing exciting products, and working on real commercial challenges.

Salary: £32,000

Programme start date: 7 September 2026

What is in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.

• 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 years’ 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

• You’ll rotate across buying and merchandising teams
• Create product ranges for our stores—from cosy home textiles to stylish accessories and seasonal must-haves
• Collaborate with F&F, our in-house clothing brand, to learn how fashion trends and customer tastes shape what we offer
• Build solid relationships with suppliers, managing contracts, and making sure the right products land in the right place at the right time
• Support seasonal and trading moments, like launching new ranges across the UK, Republic of Ireland, and Central Europe

You will need

This section is here to help you get a feel for what each scheme is about and what might suit you best. Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills listed – we don’t expect you to. We’re looking for potential, curiosity, and a willingness to learn. We’ll support you to build the rest.

• An interest in fashion and retail is helpful
• Confidence with numbers or understanding how products perform can support your work – but we’ll help you learn this
• We value a commercial mindset and a curiosity about what customers love

About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

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 adaptable working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Working at our Welwyn Garden City campus

Our leafy, green campus is just 10 minutes’ walk from the centre of Welwyn Garden City with its many shops, restaurants, pubs and sports facilities. Close to the A1, and with frequent trains running to Finsbury Park in just 20 minutes (free shuttle buses take you between the station and office), the campus is well connected to the surrounding area.

On campus, you’ll find subsidised restaurants and coffee shops, as well as a Tesco Express to pick up your lunch or last‑minute essentials. You can join the on‑site Nuffield Health gym, which has state‑of‑the‑art fitness equipment, two studios for group classes, plus treatment rooms (membership costs £23.50 per month).