Assistant Buyer - Mushrooms - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Produce buying team as the Assistant Buyer for Mushrooms, reporting into the Buying Manager for Chilled Salad.�

Produce is at the very core of the Tesco - a really exciting and fast-paced area to work in. Mushrooms are a complex area which requires an ability to manage multiple suppliers and growers, their individual strategies and how that links to the overall mushroom strategy.�

The role involves some international travel to visit suppliers and growers.

• Using insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities.
• Conducting regular store/website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers.
• Helping to build and source customer/market insight led ranges and product innovation.
• Negotiating with suppliers to agree and deliver market leading buy/move/sell plans for the areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy with support from your manager.
• Supporting delivery of trade, promotions & events plan, striving to exceed KPIs, drive footfall and forecast accurately.
• Working with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and handover protocols and successfully completing all your training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches.
• Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

• Range and Trade planning experience.
• Experience Negotiating and Analysing data.
• Working well across teams and building strong relationships.
• Previous Food Buying experience.

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