Assistant Merchandiser - Branch Space Planning (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

What’s in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• 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.
• 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.

About the role

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

We are delighted to share that  a unique position has arisen for an Assistant Merchandiser within Branch Space Planning on a 12 month FTC.

The successful candidate will work to strategically support the development of the SSP Planning processes, to create Store Sales Forecasts and reporting, which will feed into the trading mechanisms, to drive best profitability, through delivering the right stock, to the right Stores at the right time.

You will be responsible for

• Supporting the seasonal space range planning, aligning activities across the Merchandising teams to support making the right decisions regarding space by Division.
• Updating and monitoring sales plans for Stores that feed into the Grading process, to enable the right stock for Stores – investigating and utilising insight tools and developing Store Profiling, to further devise Grading and Attribute opportunities.
• Producing actionable insight on how to best manage Stores Grading and Sales Forecasts.
• Review and support the improvement of Space Planning tools to accurately forecast sales potential, with space changes – linking with Space Planning on all relevant projects.
• Action the Store Development Space Planning Critical Path, to ensure the successful and timely processing of changes for Refits, New Stores & Closures – across UKROI & CE.
• Work closely with Stock Planning and Space Planning, to coordinate changes to Grading and communicate performance planning.  
• Contribute towards maximizing profit and sales by supporting with analysis on market trading opportunities and challenges. 
• Contribute to key trading, merchandising and forecasting through awareness of the business trading status, key seasonal KPI’s, Event management and logistics patterns.
• Support Line Manager with the innovation and simplification of current ways of working that will move the department forward and meet the needs of the F&F Strategy.
• Look for opportunities to drive sales density, protect margin and reduce terminal stock across all global selling channels.
• Support Line Manager and wider team with ad hoc analysis as required, and deputising where required.

You will need

Effective Communication

• Clear & concise in written & verbal communications.
• Communicates clearly and effectively with others to gather information to make. better informed decisions.

Team Working

• Is a positive & enthusiastic member of the team.
• Deputises for others at same level and assists with training as required.

Recognizes Responsibility

• Responsible for own actions under supervision of line manager.

Build Relationship

• Builds positive relationships with own team members & other functions.

Has a positive ‘can do attitude’

• Embraces and demonstrates a positive ‘can do’ attitude to all work situations.
• Demonstrates personal commitment.

Working under pressure

• When under pressure is able to work in a positive & productive manner under supervision.

Innovation and change

• Creates and introduces ideas that drive change and innovation.

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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.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. 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.