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Strategy Operations Manager

Job Reference tesco/TP/41/580601

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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Permanent
Contract Details:
Permanent
Salary:
Competitive
Working Hours:
36
Location:
Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL7 1TW
Closing Date:
05/08/2020
Job Category:
General Merchandise
Business Unit:
GB Head Office

What’s in it for you

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work.  These include but aren’t limited to:

  • Annual bonus scheme where you can earn up to 3.5% of base salary
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus 8 Bank holidays)
  • On-site state of the art gym at our Welwyn Campus with discounted “Gympass” membership & free health checks via Nuffield Health
  • Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
  • Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
  • Share Schemes – Join our ‘Buy As You Earn’ & ‘Save As You Earn’ share schemes after 3 months service
  • Colleague Clubcard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 3 months service
  • Colleague Discounts:
    • 10% increasing to 15% after every pay day for a four day period, off most purchases at Tesco
    • 10% off One Stop
    • 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile
    • 20% off all F&F purchases
    • 20% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. T&C’s apply
    • 25% off Tesco Café
    • 50% off complete glasses purchases & free eye tests (other offers available) at Vision Express
    • 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy
  • An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for the home
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Shuttle Bus Service to/from Hatfield & Welwyn Garden City Station to Welwyn Campus & Hatfield Offices
  • Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
  • Our Employee Assistance Programme helps you deal with life’s challenges
  • Financial wellness - Tesco has partnered with experts to help you make the most of your money
  • Get involved in a range of fundraising activities with our long-term charity partners

About the role

Reporting to the Head of GM Strategy & Reset you will work across varied and large-scale programmes, leading the delivery of strategic GM initiatives.

You will be responsible for

  • Working with the Strategy Commercial Manager to define the scope of strategic projects, collaborating on the production of papers and business cases.
  • Managing the delivery of GM space change projects, working with the PMO to ensure all stakeholders are aligned and critical dates met
  • Working with Business Support to deliver store operational change projects
  • Working in partnership with colleagues in GM along with the Product, SRM, Property, Finance, Business Support and Retail teams to ensure projects delivered in time and to budget
  • Acting as the main office point of contact for the field implementation team, ensuring space changes are landed efficiently and cost effectively
  • Owning the relationship with SRM, property & formats ensuring marco-space & planning principles and clearly communicated and updated as necessary 
  • Manage the lessons learnt process for change projects taking on board stakeholder feedback and refining ways of working for future programmes
  • Able to understand complex issues & problem solve
  • Able to present effectively across all functions and levels of the business, adapting their style as appropriate.
  • Influences senior management, adds value to their thinking by offering unsolicited ideas and solutions. Always thinks and acts strategically
  • Regularly visit stores & competitors to assess and propose strategic initiatives
  • Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

You will need

  • Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills to all levels of seniority and disciplines within the organisation. 
  • Resilient with a positive approach to change  
  • Pro-active with a passion for learning and openness to new ideas and thinking
  • Experience of stakeholder management and matrix working
  • Flexibility and ability to plan and organise effectively and creatively
  • Self-motivated with the ability to work with limited supervision
  • Able to build solid working relationships with peers and senior leadership
  • Retail operations experience & understanding of our stores and processes

About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It is part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work!

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, we have a vast variety of roles and 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.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life, offering many varying working patterns across our business and we would love to hear from you!

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.