Lead Trade Planning Manager
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Lead Trade Planning Manager to join the team. Owning the trade and promotional plan for the Packaged division, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing a plan based on customer and product insight, delivering a winning proposition for our Customers and Tesco.
The role would suit someone with experience of critical path management along with a proven track record of making decisions on Market Data.
You will be responsible for:
Understand the drivers of performance, through sound analytics and strong partnership with relevant functions (e.g. dunnhumby, finance, insight) and use this to build a Trade Space plan with known incremental value. Develop and manage format specific Trade Plans, ensuring promotions are relevant for each channel.
Reviewing & continuously improving the Promotional offering, optimizing all pieces of Feature Space, to drive sales and enhanced customer perception whilst insuring simplification where appropriate.
Prioritizing propositions, promotions, and offers based on customer needs and calendar themes.
Work with Finance to understand the forward forecast, identify over and under delivery and pro-actively build a plan to ensure we achieve the business performance.
Owning delivery of critical path
Competitor expert on promotions and Feature Space, across channels. Anticipate competitor activity to proactively build plans to ensure we “win the week”
Owning the relationship and communication of Product strategy with Retail, Product, Customer and SRM.
Work Collaboratively across the Strategy and Trade Category, calling on expertise from within Price, Promotions and Dunnhumby colleagues.
Development, support and guidance of all my team to ensure they have the training and tools to deliver their work
You will need:
Range development
Trade planning
Merchandise Planning or Buying
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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What's in it for you:
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Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
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 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
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
About us:
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 a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.
We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.
NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.
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 visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility
