Commercial Manager - Global Product Partnerships

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
• 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 Welwyn Garden City Station to Welwyn Campus
• 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

Our Global Partnerships team is responsible for delivering the objectives set by the Tesco Group Agreement Framework. This roles requires ongoing internal & external stakeholder management internally and externally, to develop trusted relationships with suppliers and local category teams. This involves negotiating long term Group agreements and working in an agile way to implement these within the various Tesco markets.

You will be responsible for

• Building and maintaining a trusting relationship with suppliers and local category teams to deliver TGA objectives. 
• Lead the negotiation of group agreements with suppliers. 
• Create compelling engagement plans to implement the global agreements in each Tesco market and Business Unit.
• Intervene and facilitate recovery plans to support the agreement and delivery of counterparts.
• Tracking and reporting on progress made each period vs forecast and budget.
• Identifying new value adding opportunities to generate growth for Tesco and our strategic partners.
• Forecasting and managing budgets effectively.  Delivering quantum profit targets.  Always being cost conscious.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and hand-over protocols and successfully completing all my training so that I have zero GSCOP breaches.  Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and leading a culture of compliance within the team.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

You will need

Experience relevant for this role:

• Previous experience managing large suppliers, preferably branded
• Understanding Group approach to projects
• Buying or Selling experience in Product (food or non-food)
• Influencing a large number of stakeholders including Director and Executive level

Operational skills relevant for this role:

• Stakeholders management
• Able to work across various cultures
• Influencing and negotiation
• Supplier management
• Buying management
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint
• Supplier economics
• Store operations

About us

Our vision here at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving Britain's shoppers a little better every day’. Our business was built with a simple mission – to be the champion for customers, helping them to enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living. This hasn't changed. Customers want great products at great value which they can buy easily and it's our job to deliver this in the right way for them. In the UK, we serve some 66 shoppers every second, so it's our goal to ensure every one of those customers experiences just a little better service on each visit.
At Tesco, inclusion means that Everyone’s Welcome. Everyone is treated fairly and with respect; by valuing individuality and uniqueness we create a sense of belonging.
Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of Tesco. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated. We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best.

Across the Tesco group we are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

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.