Trade Planning Assistant - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving.  And helps make every day a little better for you and your family.  These include but are not limited to:

• Colleague bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here 
• 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

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

About the role

We've got a fantastic opportunity for a Trade Planning Assistant to join our team!

We're looking for an experienced individual who will use insight and analytical data to ensure we deliver a great proposition for our customers and Tesco across all channels.

You will be responsible for

• Understanding the drivers of performance through sound analytics and use this to build recommendations
• Applying insight and customer understanding to the Events programme to support space optimization, sales and customer perception
• Communicating and owning delivery of the critical path, prioritizing promotions and ranges based on customer needs and calendar themes. Escalate risks or issues to your manager in a timely fashion
• Developing the relationship with Retail, Product, Customer and SRD
• Being an expert on competitors Promotions and Events across all channels
• Owning the review highlighting trends and make recommendations on improvement by channel (stores & Online)
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and hand over protocols and successfully completing all required training

You will need

• Range development
• Trade planning
• Merchandise Planning or Buying
• Critical Path Management
• Proven track record of making decisions on Market Data
• Analytical and data interpretation skills
• Influencing and Communication skills

Operational Skills:

• Commercial and Financial Acumen
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing
• Communication Skills & Building Relationships
• Project Management
• Data Analysis
• Customer Focus

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About us

Our vision 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 our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.