Tesco - Buying & Merchandising

Salary : Competitive

Our Food, Fashion and Homewares teams together make up our Commercial function, the second largest function within the Tesco business. Our teams drive and deliver the phenomenal sales and profit growth to ensure we maintain our number one position in the UK.

Decisions we make in the Commercial team directly affect all our customers and stores, as well as the rest of the business as a whole. It’s our job to make sure we offer the best range of products, at the best possible prices. Product is our lifeblood.

We can offer you a 12 month programme in Buying, Merchandising or Technology, all three will ensure you have the skills you’ll need to succeed in our fast paced world. Whether you want to work with our suppliers around the globe, manage our multi-million pound budgets, or develop new products and research the latest trends. Your role will be key to delivering our strategy for growth.

To explore what it means to be a Buyer, Merchandiser or Technologist at Tesco, take a look at our Food, Fashion and Homewares areas on our website to see what development opportunities are on offer…

Our Food Buyers negotiate with suppliers around the world to get the best products, ensuring each of our stores have the right mix for our customers. As a Graduate Trainee Buyer, you will be accountable for souring and trading your own product area very early on in your 12 month programme. Sourcing your products in optimum quantities and from the most appropriate country according to the seasons can mean you are challenged to deliver results almost from day one.

Tesco Fashion Buyers are some of the most well respected fashion experts in the UK retail industry. So having a passion for the latest trends will ensure you get off to a flying start. All our fashion Buyers work closely with their merchandising team to build the product range, ensuring we have the best, shapes, styles and colours for our customers. As a Graduate Trainee Buyer, you will have full accountability for this right from the start. With suppliers based around the world from the Far East to Europe and the UK, you will need highly developed communication skills with which to negotiate the best products and prices for our customers.

Tesco Fashion Merchandisers are responsible for the huge budgets that control our fashion ranges. Working closely with the buying team, you will set the direction and strategy for growth of your given product range in one of the fastest changing areas of the business. Your product knowledge has to equal that of the buyer so an enthusiasm for the fashion industry will ensure a competitive edge in a fast paced market.

Our Homewares Buyers are tasked with delivering our promise to be just as well known for non-food as we are for food. No mean feat in this competitive market. As a Graduate Trainee Buyer you will become part of delivering this strategy for growth. You will take responsibility for buying your own product range almost immediately, working closely with the merchandising team for your given area you will have accountability for planning and building the best product offer for our customers. Sourcing the best value product from suppliers that can be based anywhere in the world, from Turkey, to China and back to the UK.

Tesco Homewares Merchandisers take on responsibility for the huge budgets of some of our fastest growing product areas. Working alongside your buying team, as a Graduate Trainee Merchandiser you have the responsibility to deliver our customer’s needs by ensuring your product ranges are in the right place, in the right quantity, at the right time. Managing the strategy for your own product area in one of the most high profile areas of the business.

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