Buying Manager - Wine

A fantastic opportunity to join the Wine Buying team looking after South Africa, North America and boxed wines!

The role will require working with both branded and own label suppliers to develop the range. A great opportunity to work as part of an NWT when developing quality and range for customers.

This role sources, buys & sells great quality products, giving our customers the best offer, range and prices available.

You will be responsible for:

Ensuring my buying area has a long term customer led plan, which drives customer loyalty.
Using insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities.
Supporting my departments range strategy to implement a customer focused range which delivers financial KPIs.
Sourcing innovative product to deliver insight led ranges across channels, regions & affluence levels to support the category strategy.
Building & manage supplier relationships through a supplier strategy to develop a market leading buy, move and sell plan aligned to the customer plan and category strategy.
Identifying and assessing new suppliers to deliver market leading product innovation.
Supporting my department’s sell plan to deliver trade, promotions, events exceeding KPI forecasts and drive footfall.
Delivering my team’s sales and quantum profit budget, market share and out-performance targets.
Negotiate with supplier partners to deliver market leading product costs and investment in-line with Tesco Buying model.
Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all my training so that I have zero GSCOP breaches.
Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt, and leading a culture of compliance within my team.

You will need:

Commercial buying experience.
Range and trade planning experience.
Previous experience leading and developing teams.
Experience report preparation and analysis.
Previous stakeholder and supplier management experience.
Proficient with Microsoft Excel.
Understanding of supplier economics.

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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