Senior Associate- Buying Assistant

About the role
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You will be responsible for

Job Summary:

To support UK/CE/ROI Tesco Buyers through timely and accurate product setups across all different Tesco systems by partnering with 

suppliers and hubs. Ensuring risks are identified in advance and mitigated.

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: 

• 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

• Responsible to track and own end to end journey of a product setup right after the range sign off until the products are ordered for the 

launches, this includes teams like Buying, Supply Chain, International Hubs, Central operations team, Trade planning, Merchandise 

planning, Suppliers and Supplier Induction team in Finance

• Provide clear actionable insights to the buyers on the range launches which in turn helps them make decisions for a successful product 

launch

• Partnering with suppliers and hubs to gather all product details required to enable the overall setup of products in Tesco's systems and 

flag any issues that might lead to delays of a product launch

• Responsible for accurate range plan maintenance to enable buyers for effective range building and reporting helping buyers with better 

planning for new range building

• Build and develop strong working relationship with Buyers, Suppliers, Hubs and wider Commercial teams to support and deliver on 

subcategory plans for their respective launches

-Identifying opportunities for process improvement and efficiency in data analysis and reporting 

Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco: 

People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for

in my job:

Buyers - UK/CE/ROI  

Sourcing Merchandisers - Hubs, 

External Suppliers - UK/CE/ROI 

Central Operations Team - UK/CE?ROI  

Demand Planners - UK/CE/ROI, Finance - BLR

Operational skills relevant for this job:

Experience relevant for this job:

Intermediate Excel, Eye for Detail, Speed & Accuracy, Logical 

Any graduate with Buying/Merchandising experience would be 

Reasoning, Analytical Ability, Numeracy Skills, Stakeholder 

preferred 

management, Proficient Written and Verbal Communication 

Skills

You will need
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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

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