Associate - Merchandising Assistant

About the role

To support the Tesco Merchandisers with Order confirmations to enable raising of accurate and on time Purchase orders by partnering with suppliers and play a crucial role in supporting the merchandising team to ensure the successful planning, development, and execution of product assortments

You will be responsible for

Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:

• Identifying operational improvements and finding solutions by applying CI tools and techniques
• Responsible for completing tasks and transactions within agreed KPI's
• Knows and applies fundamental work theories/concepts/processes in own areas of work
• Consulting the Merchandising managers and raising the Order confirmations based on negotiations and initiate them with the supplier
• Assist in maintaining optimal stock levels by monitoring inventory turnover and replenishment needs
• Analyse sales data and trends to identify best-selling and underperforming products on weekly basis
• Communicate with suppliers and vendors to track order status, lead times, and delivery schedules
• Participate in assortment planning meetings and provide input on product selection, assortment composition, and assortment range
• Assist in setting competitive pricing based on market research and profit margin objectives
• Generate purchase orders and work with the Ordering team to ensure timely product replenishment
• Maintain accurate records of inventory levels, sales data, and supplier communications.
• Generate regular reports and provide insights to the merchandising team
• Responsible for uploading order confirmations and exporting Purchase orders into various Tesco systems and investigate PO failures

and drive on time resolution

• Assist Merchandising Managers with data and insights around the purchase orders raised and their statuses to enable them with

effective stock planning

You will need

Merchandising Planning Managers, Sourcing hubs, Suppliers, IT

support teams, Assistant Merch Planners

Operational skills relevant for this job:

Experience relevant for this job:

Planning and Organizing, Collaborating & Partnering, Ownership

Any graduate with Merchandising/supply chain experience (1

& Accountability, Logical Reasoning, Analytical Ability, Analyses

year) would be preferred

and Judgement, Numeracy Skills, Stakeholder management and

Proficient Written and Verbal Communication Skills

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