Trade Planning Manager - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover

You will own and lead the trade and promotional plan for the Fresh division, across all formats and channels. Developing a plan based on customer and product insight, delivering a winning proposition for our Customers and Tesco.

You will be responsible for:

Building a winning trade plan which materially moves our performance on year on year and vs our competitors, growing incremental sales value and market share
Influencing stakeholders of all work levels to deliver against critical path timings, and briefs for space/customer proposition requirements
Understanding the drivers of performance, through sound analytics and strong partnership with relevant functions (e.g. Dunnhumby, finance, insight) and use this to build Trade Space plan
Applying insight and customer understanding to the Events programme to support space optimisation, sales and customer perception.
Prioritising propositions, promotions, and offers based on customer needs and calendar themes.
Reviewing & continuously improving the Promotional offering, optimising all pieces of Feature Space, to drive sales ensuring all promotions on feature space are effective and incremental
Developing the relationship with Retail, Product, Customer, SRM and Strategy & Trade teams
Being an expert on competitors Promotions and Events across all channels. Anticipate competitor activity to proactively build plans to ensure we "win the week."

You will need:

Operational

Communication Skills & Building Relationships
Project Management
Data Analysis
Customer Focus

Experience:

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

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.

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