Strategic Merchandise Planner

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Holiday allowance

Maternity/adoption leave

Paternity leave

Virtual GP

Job summary

Tesco is seeking a Merchandise Planning Manager to shape range and pricing strategies, partnering with Commercial teams to drive profitable growth. You will work with Finance, Marketing and Insights to identify risks and opportunities, develop trade plans, and support agile decision‑making across the business.

You will contribute to a robust clothing budget, align with sourcing on margins, and ensure effective in-store execution with Store Operations. Flexible working is available.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational ability.
• Attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Weekly trade performance reviews with leadership and commercial teams.
• Model impact of opportunities on key KPIs.
• Build bottom-up periodic forecast with sales, markdown, margins, intake and stock.
• Ensure plan alignment and stakeholder agreement before submission.
• Submit periodic forecasts with Finance highlighting movements in Clothing Sales, CGM and cash flow.
• Collaborate across the organisation to build a credible Clothing budget.
• Set targets with measurable building blocks and partner with Marketing on trade plans.
• Align with Sourcing on cost pressures and margin implications.
• Work with Finance to submit the full business plan including sales and margins.
• Coordinate with Store Operations and Store Stock Planning to execute the budget in-store.
• Work with Insights to understand customer perceptions and sustainability goals, tracking market trends.

Skills

Strong organisational ability

Attention to detail

Job description

Tesco is seeking a Merchandise Planning Manager to shape range and pricing strategies, partnering with Commercial teams to drive profitable growth. You will work with Finance, Marketing and Insights to identify risks and opportunities, develop trade plans, and support agile decision‑making across the business.

You will contribute to a robust clothing budget, align with sourcing on margins, and ensure effective in-store execution with Store Operations. Flexible working is available.