About the role
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You will be responsible for
Job Summary:
Plays a crucial role in creating synergy between the Assistant Buyers, Buying Managers, Pricing Team, Supply Chain, Trade Planning,
Retail, and DC team in the market to align Buying strategies with broader business objectives. Ensure the team is well-equipped to
assist Buyers in maximizing business profitability by improving margins, timely recovering funds from suppliers, minimizing waste, and
enhancing product availability to drive sales.
In this job, I’m accountable for:
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:
- Lead initiatives to improve the efficiency of Buying processes, including the use of new technologies and systems
- Stay ahead of market trends and drive innovative solutions that enhance the competitiveness of the product portfolio
- Evaluate the financial impact of buying decisions, aiming for margin improvement and cost savings
- Implement strategies to reduce waste at both the store and distribution center (DC) levels by optimizing stock management, minimizing
overstocking, and improving product turnover
- Review Supplier Performance and recommend solutions to the commerical team in the market to align with contractual obligations and
resolve any issues related to quality, delivery, or service
- Analyze sales data and market trends to ensure products meet customer demand and optimize the product mix
- Monitor and report on waste reduction metrics, ensuring alignment with the company's sustainability goals and driving continuous
improvement in waste management
- Implement strict processes to ensure the timely and accurate recovery of all promotional funds, retros, and financial agreements with
suppliers
- Ensure the Range Event Critical Paths and Promotional Critical Paths are adhered by the Assistant Buyers
- Enhance team skills to align with the business purpose and lead projects that deliver significant value for the organization
- Represent the TBS Buying team in the Trade Planning and Promotional cycles & events' discussions and strategy meetings
- Manage the performance of a team of Assistant Buyers who directly work with the Buyers in the market
- Advocating our Code of Business Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco:
People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for
- Sustaining the culture of continuous improvement with the team
in my job:
- Achieving team objectives, partner management and issue management
- Developing and leading a high performing team, crafting an environment for success by setting direction and mentoring them to
- Buying Categories
Direct reportees (c.18-24)
succeed through inspiring conversations every day
Indirect reportees
- Leading, maintaining, reviewing, and improving the SLAs, critical metrics and other Business and Customer Metrics in line with the Big
- Supply chain & Distribution teams
Headcount and Team welfare Budgets
6 and other business strategies
- Retail Support and Operations teams
- Aligning self and team to the Tesco Business plans and strategies for Odessy 26 and beyond
- Product Finance teams
Recovery of funds from the Suppliers
- Partnering with the Market to drive category strategy by collaborating and leveraging on the skills within TBS
- Brand & Marketing teams
Waste in the Categories
- Having a seat at the table by solving business problems for Buyers, Merchandisers and Product Transformation team and building
- Business Transformation teams
Promotional Critical Path
trusted partnership with Stakeholders
Range Critical Path
- Cross functional collaboration within and across TBS to create a value stream network driving efficiency end to end
- Directors and Heads of Functions
- Product Transformation
Operational skills relevant for this job:
Experience relevant for this job:
- Excellent analytical skills
- Experience of delivering operations
- Strategic Thinking
- Project management
- Excellent communication skills
- Managing and Leading teams
- Stakeholder & Supplier management
- Excellent retail knowledge
Adv MS Office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Eye-to-Detail, Planning & Organising
Process Mapping Tools and Techniques, Problem
Solving,Process Coaching, Stakeholder Management
People Policies and Processes
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Whats in it for you?
At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.
As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.
Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.
Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles - simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.
Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.
Performance Bonus - Opportunity to earn additional compensation bonus based on performance, paid annually
Leave & Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.
Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.
Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.
Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.
Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.
Save As You Earn (SAYE) - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.
Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.
About Us
At Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values—we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting our commitment to creating a supportive environment for individuals with disabilities. We are dedicated to offering equal opportunities for all candidates and encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. Our recruitment process is fully accessible, and we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during interviews. If you need any accommodations to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know. We are here to ensure that everyone has the chance to succeed.
We also believe in fostering a work environment where you can excel both professionally and personally. Our hybrid model allows you to work flexibly—spend 60% of your week collaborating in person with colleagues at our office locations or local sites, and the rest of the time working remotely. We understand that everyone’s life journey is unique, whether you are starting your career, pursuing passions, or navigating life changes, and we are here to support you. Flexibility is a core part of our culture, and we encourage open conversations about how we can best accommodate your needs, so talk to us throughout your application process on the support required.
