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Tesco • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City, UK

Strategic Operations Manager

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

We�re looking for a proactive, forwardthinking Strategic Operations Manager to help drive operational excellence across Tesco�s owned channel communications and reward delivery. In this role, you�ll help ensure seamless execution of campaigns and initiatives across email, app, web, and other owned channels enabling us to deliver personalised, customerled experiences at scale.

You�ll also take a key role in supporting reward operations, helping to deliver coupons, multistep initiatives and omnichannel reward journeys with precision and efficiency.

Strategic Leadership

  • Partner with the Strategy & Planning Lead to shape and drive the operational strategy for reward execution across all owned channels, including email, mobile, direct mail, instore and online.
  • Champion Tesco�s ambition to deliver personalisation at scale by ensuring reward operations align with wider marketing and CRM objectives.
  • Work closely with internal technology teams to codevelop and maintain the technology roadmap, ensuring business needs are clearly captured and prioritised.
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives, constantly identifying smarter, more efficient ways to execute, measure and optimise rewards.
  • Support planning cycles by providing insight into operational feasibility, timelines and resource requirements across both communications and reward activities.
  • Identify opportunities for innovation and drive ongoing enhancements in communication and reward operations.

Owned Channel & Reward Operations

  • Oversee the smooth delivery of ownedchannel communications and reward campaigns, ensuring they land accurately, on time and in full compliance with required standards.
  • Support the operational processes behind reward mechanics�such as coupons and loyalty initiatives�ensuring they integrate seamlessly into customer communications.
  • Maintain and strengthen workflows that enable agility, efficiency and consistency across campaign and reward delivery.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Work in close partnership with Technology, Marketing, Personalisation and Commercial teams to ensure seamless execution of campaigns and reward initiatives.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with internal stakeholders to support effective delivery, decisionmaking and problemsolving.
  • Experience in marketing operations, campaign execution or customer communications.
  • Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate vision into actionable plans.
  • Understanding of reward mechanics and omnichannel campaign delivery.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Ability to work collaboratively and influence without direct authority.
  • A mindset focused on agility, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Passion for delivering excellent customer experiences through operational efficiency and reward execution.

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

Working at Tesco

Company employees:

330,000+

Gender diversity (m:f):

49:51

Hiring in countries

Ireland

United Kingdom

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