Trade Planning Manager

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. Please talk to the Hiring Manager about how they can support you.

We're looking for an experienced Trade Planning Manager to come join our team within the Packaged and Fresh divisions across Express stores!

You'll be responsible for developing plans based on customer and product insight and to deliver a winning proposition for our Customers and Tesco.

• Reviewing & continuously improving the Promotional offering, optimizing all pieces of Feature Space, to drive sales and enhanced customer perception.
• Prioritising propositions, promotions and offers based on customer needs and calendar themes.
• Communicating and owning delivery of critical path including sign off's, and leading all trade plan initiatives across Tesco.
• Expertise knowledge on promotions and Feature Space, across stores.
• Responsible for owning the relationship and communication of Product strategy with Retail, Product, Customer and SRM.
• Developing and manage format specific Trade Plans, ensuring our promotions are relevant for Express.
• Working collaboratively across the Strategy and Trade Category, calling on expertise from within Price, Promotions and Dunnhumby colleagues.
• Running weekly forums within Product and wider business colleagues to deliver the perfect plan.
• Following the Business Code of Conduct, always acting with integrity and due diligence.
• Adhering to all Tesco policies, storage and hand over protocols and successfully completing all my training.

• Range development and Trade planning experience.
• Merchandise Planning or Buying experience.
• Critical Path Management.
• Proven track record of making decisions on Market Data.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Strong influencing and Communication skills.

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We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 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
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

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 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 click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.