Buying Manager - Innovation (Community)

We’re looking for a Buying Manager to lead innovation within our Accelerator programme, supporting community brands as they grow with Tesco. In this role, you’ll act as the primary buying contact for these brands, ensuring customers have access to the best range, offers and prices. You’ll also provide hands-on support with business planning, systems management, ranging and trade plans.

Collaboration is key. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across Tesco and maintain strong relationships with category teams, setting clear targets and driving alignment to accelerate growth for both Tesco and our branded partners.

You’ll also play a pivotal role in project and programme management, supporting equity-based initiatives as part of the Black Action Plan Commercial Equity working group. Your ability to inspire, engage and lead will ensure supplier partners, colleagues and customers feel valued and represented.

You will be responsible for:

Identifying and assessing new suppliers to deliver market leading product innovation under Community pillar of the Accelerator programme. The Accelerator programme Community pillar focuses on small suppliers, brands and products that help Tesco to better represent the customers and communities we serve.
Leading buying contact for the Accelerator (Community) brands, providing commercial support/coaching/mentoring.
Building and managing supplier relationships through a supplier strategy to develop a market-leading buy, move and sell plan aligned to the customer plan and the innovation strategy.
Understand opportunities for longer-term planning to support earlier-stage start-ups become retail ready (development based on supplier maturity level).
This role is integrated within the Tesco Black Action Plan team, supporting the Commercial Equity Pillar. Responsibilities include representing Tesco at external events in order to build visibility & profile within Black entrepreneur communities. Building relationships within the Black entrepreneur community; refining mentoring framework to support pipeline of Black-owned brands.
Supporting the range strategy to implement an insight-lead and customer-focused range which delivers financial KPIs.
Delivering my team sales and quantum profit budget, market share and out-performance targets.
Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.
Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and hand-over protocols and successfully completing all the training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches.

You will need:

Ability to navigate through & engage wide range of stakeholders.
Buying experience preferred.
Previous Range and trade planning experience.
Influencing and negotiation experience.
Previous Stakeholder management and Supplier management experience.

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What's in it for you:

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Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) 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

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility