Tesco
Assistant Merchandise Planner - Seasonal Events - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
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About the Role
As the Assistant Merchandiser for Seasonal Events, you’ll play a key part in ensuring our products reach the right place at the right time. Working within our Merchandising team, you’ll support your Merchandising Planning Manager to deliver exceptional availability and a seamless customer experience.
If you bring merchandising experience, strong analytical skills, and a commercial mindset, this could be the perfect opportunity to take your next step.
You will be responsible for
- Assisting in the departmental range building process (including collating and analysing data for strategy packs and range sign offs) to deliver sales, stock, and profit targets.
- Contributing to strategy and trade meetings with information based on fact and intuition.
- Ensuring the CRST systems accurately reflect the range build for launch in line with critical path.
- Supporting the department range launch critical path (including post-launch reviews).
- Feeding into the promotion and events trade plan (including managing nomination process in line with budget).
- Updating and maintaining all ranging/merchandising systems/trackers.
- Ensuring that our pricing is administered within agreed timescales, adhering to pricing policy.
- Identifying and managing exit of lines from the business including escalating impact on all KPI's.
- Realising and creating awareness of the departmental WSSI forecasting (at sub-group level to small department level), highlighting risks and opportunities, and managing KPI's Vs budget.
- Preparing Monday Trade Analysis reports and undertaking follow-up actions.
- Reviewing performance Vs. all KPI's, highlighting risks, opportunities, and proposing actions.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.
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You will need
Operational skills relevant for this job:
- Data analysis and numeracy
- MS Office (especially Excel)
- Communications
Experience relevant for this job:
- Experience in an FMCG retailer
- Report preparation
What's in it for you?
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!
- 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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 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.
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At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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