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Assistant Buyer - Kids Footwear (fixed term contract)
Job Reference tesco/TP/4505759/605194
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Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Contract Details:
Fixed Term Contract
Salary:
Competitive
Working Hours:
36
Location:
Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Closing Date:
05/02/2021
Job Category:
Buying
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 20 days plus a personal day, rising to 22 days after 12 months (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
You will be a key part of the buying team, supporting your Buying Manager to ensure F&F customers can buy beautiful products that are great quality at the right prices.
Ideally we would like someone with footwear buying experience
You will be responsible for
- Providing support to keep the function running smoothly
- Preparing information, product or analysis (including Monday trade)
- Conducting regular store/website visits to understand our competition ranges and prices and to help shape our future product and range requirements.
- Identifying new product opportunities and understanding how to work through the different stages of product development from concept to production in order to to bring new products to the ranges.
- Active involvement in range building process to support my manager to deliver great products and great ranges hitting all the key meeting milestones.
- Negotiating (with support from your manager) prices across multiple products.
- Understanding product components, technical requirements, sourcing and supply chain issues and commercial margin parameters.
- Liaising with HUBs and suppliers to monitor critical path taking actions to ensure on time delivery
- Day-to-Day management of Buying Administrators within the team, developing both their technical and leadership skills
- Understanding and supporting the departmental sourcing strategy.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
- Footwear retail experience
- Product development and sourcing experience
- Range building skills
- Report preparation and analysis skills
- Ideally line management responsibility
- Data analysis and numeracy skills
- MS Office
Key teams/people you will work with:
- Assistant Designers
- Assistant Merchandise Planners
- Technical managers
- HUB teams and suppliers
People, budgets and other resources you will be responsible for:
- Day to day management of Buying Administrators
- Range building alongside your Buying Manager
- Supporting with the department strategy (range for the future as well as sourcing)