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Assistant Merchandiser - Home & Clothing (FTC & Perm opportunities)
Job Reference tesco/TP/8568366/896488
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 are delighted to share that we are recruiting for ambitious and hard-working Assistant Merchandisers to join our dynamic Home & Clothing teams here at Tesco on both 12 month Fixed Term Contracts as well as permanent . Tesco is a leading multinational retailer and as an Assistant Merchandiser at Tesco, you will play a huge role within the team. Working in the Merchandising department, you'll help support your Merchandising Planning Manager to ensure products arrive at the correct place and at the right time.
If you have experience in Merchandising with an analytical mindset and commercial way of thinking then this position could be for you!
You will be responsible for
- Providing merchandising support to keep the department running efficiently, preparing analysis for your manager (incl. Monday trade analysis) and collaborating closely with the HSC Merchandising team and suppliers
- We collate and share market and competitor insight so we can understand what our customers really want!
- We help build balanced ranges for our department that meet sales, stock and profit targets
- Leading all aspects of order management critical paths, line projections and ensuring ranging databases are up to-date and accurate
- Handling intake to ensure product availability and support new launches and events
- Produce weekly sub class WSSI and line flows which helps our merchandise planning managers track sales, margin and stock across regions and channels
- Prepare analysis which helps your manager to handle risk, suggesting any stock repeats and markdown management opportunities
- Scheduling and implementing promotions and markdowns across all channels and regions
- Resolving or calling out supply chain/ replenishment issues, helping the team to hit stock and availability targets
- Supporting the MPM in preparation for sign off and strategy; analysing history, trends and best and worst
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
You will need
- An analytical mindset
- Curious way of thinking
- Commercial/retail interest
- Excel skills
- Good communication skills
Teams you will work with:
Working as an Assistant Merchandiser in F&F, we collaborate with lots of teams including, the Buying departments, Design team & Store Stock Planning teams.
We also work with our Commercial Directors to understand the needs of the business, Clothing Hub General Managers and Suppliers
People, Budgets and other Resources you will be responsible for:
Department sales & margins
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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.