Head of Strategy - Online

About the role

Tesco Online is the biggest online grocer in the UK and one of the largest in the world. Throughout the last 12 months, sales doubled reaching over £6 billion. Digital growth is core t Tesco’s future strategy and this role will be pivotal in leading the strategy to deliver this. The role has exposure to senior stakeholders and would suit someone who is comfortable working collaboratively and cross functionally to define strategies of complex businesses.

You will be responsible for

-Defining the 3-5 year strategy for Tesco.com. Working collaboratively with cross function stakeholders, to define the road map and implement the strategy. 

-Defining Tesco’s omnichannel strategy leading cross functional work teams to deliver.

-Leading and managing teams to define (new) strategic propositions for Tesco Online based on customer needs, market trends and opportunities to increases sales & profit growth. Evaluate potential ROI against agreed metrics to support prioritisation in business and technology plans.

-End to end management of our online delivery subscription service including strategy, new initiatives and day to day running of the base.
- Delivering and optimising projects centred around new business models; including stakeholder management, programme management and financial performance to deliver against the long-term and annual business plans.
- Working with International teams to ensure knowledge is shared across markets for more effective and efficient proposition development and testing.

- Managing the Online development programme of work include risk and issue management.
- The role will lead an established strategy team. Responsible for continuing to build high-performing teams, technical and leadership skills and provide coaching where needed.

-Manage associates to interrogate internal and external data to identify trends and business opportunities.

You will need

- Understanding of online business models and economics.
- Strong strategy development as well as analytical skills
- Ability to bridge between strategic thinking and pragmatic implementation
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills
- Good commercial acumen and understanding
- Strong communication and storytelling skills
- Ability to influence at all levels

- Team management and development
- Broad stakeholder management, including executive levels
- Record of effective joint business planning and delivery of cross-functional initiatives
- Strategy formulation, business development, corporate development in Online / Retail context

About us

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home, out shopping, on the move, anywhere in the world. 

We want our customers to be inspired and whatever they are looking for, we’re finding bigger and better ways to provide it. 

We need people who share our ambition to deliver for our customers; Passionate and confident people willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package, and significant career development opportunities. 

Joining us means playing a part in defining; building and launching an ambitious roadmap of digital products that could affect the lives of millions of people over the years to come. 

If that sounds exciting, then we'd love to hear from you. 

The position will be based at our Campus in Welwyn Garden City