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Tesco • Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK

F&amp;amp;F Online Stock Planning Assistant Merchandiser

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Job Description

As the F&F Online Stock Planning Assistant Merchandiser, you'll play a key role in managing stock flow across our Online business - forecasting inbound and outbound volumes, coordinating returns, and supporting product movement through our 3PL partners.�

You�ll help set and manage distribution forecasts to ensure capacity and strong product availability. Working closely with Commercial teams, you�ll track stock readiness for Online, support replenishment, and coordinate placement decisions.�

You�ll also partner with Customer Fulfilment and Couriers to support dispatch, future Click & Collect development, and help deliver great customer satisfaction through effective order and returns management with our CEC and 3PL teams.

Stock Forecasting and Movement:

  • Predict inbound, outbound, and returned stock needs.
  • Coordinate product movement to third-party logistics (3PL) providers.
  • Support with setting distribution forecasts to ensure product availability.
  • Online Stock Placement:
  • Provide stock availability for online sales.
  • Align with commercial targets for Online while balancing store stock needs.

Commercial Stock Provision:

  • Coordinate stock replenishment.
  • Liaise with teams for online content placement and event launch.

Customer Fulfillment:

  • Oversee dispatch through couriers.
  • Facilitate Click & Collect in future stores.

Order and Returns Management:

  • Ensure customer satisfaction by handling orders and returns.
  • Collaborate with customer experience centers (CEC) and 3PL partners.

Automation Support:

  • Assist in automating processes at the Daventry location, aligned with the live store model.

Operational skills relevant for this job:

  • Intermediate Excel proficiency as minimum
  • Excellent Technical skills on all Tesco and Distribution operating systems
  • Logical and methodical organisation management
  • Good written and verbal skills especially evidence of managing meetings
  • Demonstrate excellent commercial skills

Experience relevant for this job:

  • Understanding of stock movement processes through Tesco.
  • Experience in Merchandising, Supply Chain or Store Stock Planning preferred.
  • Exposure to Online or Ecommerce retailing ideal.
  • Awareness of Store Retail management and commercial approach.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we�re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone�s welcome. That�s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

Company benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Additional voluntary pension contribution
Adoption leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bike parking
Buy or sell annual leave
Car allowance
Charity donation scheme
Chill out zone
Cinema discounts
Coffee discounts
Collaboration spaces
Company car
Company freebies
Compassionate leave
Critical Illness Insurance
Cycle to work scheme
Death in service
Dental coverage
Discretionary sick pay
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Emergency leave
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts – 10% off and 15% on pay day weekends
Employee phone programme
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Enhanced paternity leave – 6 weeks full pay (after 52 weeks service)
Enhanced pension match/contribution – up to 7.5% matching
Equity packages
Ergonomic workstations
Eye Care Support
Faith rooms
Family health insurance
Fertility treatment leave
Financial advice
Fully stocked snack cupboard
Gym membership
Health assessment
Health insurance
In house training
L&D budget
Learning platform
Legal consults
Life assurance – Five times your pay
Life insurance
Learning license
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health first aiders
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Modern office
On-site barista
On-site catering
On-site gym
On-site personal trainer
On-site shower
On-site wellness room
On-site wellness services
On-site workout classes
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Optional unpaid leave
Paid fostering leave
Personal development budgets
Personal development days
Pregnancy loss leave
Private booths
Referral bonus
Religious celebration leave
Relocation packages
Restaurant discounts
Sabbaticals
Salary advance
Salary sacrifice
Secure on-site parking
Sensory-Friendly Setup
Share options
Skilled worker visas
Sports teams
Study support
Teambuilding days
Theme park discounts
Time off in-lieu
Tree planting
Volunteer days
Wellbeing incentive programme
Open to compressed hours

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330,000+

Gender diversity (m:f):

49:51

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