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Senior Associate-Assistant Buyer
Senior Associate-Assistant BuyerConfidential • Bengaluru / Bangalore, India
Senior Associate-Assistant Buyer

Senior Associate-Assistant Buyer

Confidential • Bengaluru / Bangalore, India
30+ days ago
Job description

About the role

Refer to Responsibilities

You will be responsible for

Job Summary :

This role would be an extended support for the Buying teams in the country, helping them execute and drive processes relating to

product life cycle including Product ranging, Induction, Cost, Retail and Promotions by interacting with Suppliers and other teams in

Tesco.

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 :

  • Understands business needs and in depth understanding of Tesco processes
  • Assisting with the annual Supply Base Evaluation process review to improve the Buy Plan and provide greater value
  • Ensuring all Cost, Retail & Promotion requests are documented to support the category Buying Manager in their negotiations with

supplier

  • Working with the Supply chain and Trade planning teams to deliver great availability of all our products across all stores
  • Liaising with Suppliers and technology teams to facilitate the induction of new products and new suppliers
  • Supporting the category Range Changes in executing as per plan
  • Build and maintain great relationships with our Suppliers and Stakeholders
  • Ensure all Retros are raised and recovered on time
  • Ensure all the Business reports are prepared accurately and shared with Buying Manager and Trade planning team
  • Perform other miscellaneous duties as required by the category Buying Managers
  • Promoting CI culture, carrying out CI projects, and encouraging innovation within the team
  • Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco :

    People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for

    in my job :

  • Buying Categories
  • Range Critical Path
  • Suppliers
  • Promotional Critical Path
  • Supply chain & Distribution teams
  • Cost Price Tracking
  • Technical teams
  • Promotional Plan
  • Retail Support and Operations teams
  • Product Finance teams
  • Brand & Marketing teams
  • Operational skills relevant for this job :

    Experience relevant for this job :

  • Excellent analytical skills
  • Experience in Commercial buying operations to be aware of

  • Excellent Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint skills
  • Cost, Retail & Promotion mechanism

  • Stakeholder & Supplier management
  • Ability to make decisions under pressure
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Problem Solving
  • You will need

    Refer to Responsibilities

    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

    Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day across markets. Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility through technological solutions, and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise, a wide network of teams, and strong governance, we reduce complexity, thereby offering high-quality services for our customers.

    Tesco in Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3,30,000 colleagues.

    Tesco Business Solutions :

    Established in 2017, Tesco Business Solutions (TBS) has evolved from a single entity traditional shared services in Bengaluru, India (from 2004) to a global, purpose-driven solutions-focused organisation. TBS is committed to driving scale at speed and delivering value to the Tesco Group through the power of decision science. With over 4,400 highly skilled colleagues globally, TBS supports markets and business units across four locations in the UK, India, Hungary, and the Republic of Ireland. The organisation underpins everything that the Tesco Group does, bringing innovation, a solutions mindset, and agility to its operations and support functions, building winning partnerships across the business. TBS's focus is on adding value and creating impactful outcomes that shape the future of the business. TBS creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the Tesco Group by becoming the partner of choice for talent, transformation, and value creation

    Skills Required

    Powerpoint

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