Sourcing Manager - Red Meat

This role is in the Meat, Fish and Poultry category, which is at the heart of Fresh Foods, and one of the most important areas for customers, a key determinant of where customers choose to shop.

Meat and protein is a key growth category for customers as customers increasingly want to consume natural protein, due to the growing importance in Health.

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

You will be responsible for:

Building a customer focused, long term category strategy that delivers sustainable growth for the business & drives market out-performance.
Finding, developing and managing suppliers, to deliver our customer propositions and our joint business targets whilst ensuring that product quality is achieved & maintained.
Working with suppliers to build a strong Buy/Move plan that ensures our ingredients and products are purchased, moved & sold in the most efficient way possible.
Forecasting and managing budgets effectively
Always being cost conscious.
Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.

You will need:

Commercial buying experience from complex supply chains.
Negotiation experience from managing cost models and mitigating cost increases.
Range and trade planning.
Report preparation and analysis.

Operational skills relevant for this job:

Negotiation.
Supplier economics.
Influencing & stakeholder management.
Supplier & grower relationship management.
Data analysis.

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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