Senior Associate - Buying Assistant

Job description

**About the role** Refer to Responsibilities **You will be responsible for** Job Summary: To support the markets through timely and accurate setup of Products and related attributes for sale at the stores by partnering with  Buyers, Suppliers , Hubs and Supply chain. Lead respective cluster/category in meeting the critical path. In this job, I’m accountable for: Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities:  - Understands business needs and in depth understanding of Tesco processes  - Builds on Tesco processes and knowledge by applying CI tools and techniques.   - Responsible for completing tasks and transactions within agreed KPI's  - Solves problems by analyzing solution alternatives  - Investigate and resolve critical issues around systems & processes like Promotion Loading,Invoice fallouts, PO generation, data flow  issues across systems for any delays in product/promotion launch  -Identifying and escalating risks with respect to delays caused, deep dive to recommend and implement solutions enabling successful  range and promotion launches to enable proper availability of products in Tesco stores  -Lead each cluster supporting the category and take decisions/actions based on variations in a category while setting up a  products,promotions and setting priorities for the associate based on the launches  -Responsible for accurate range plan maintenance to enable buyers for effective range building and reporting helping buyers with better  planning for new range building  -Supporting on ad hoc and product related changes basis legislation addition/amendments   -Enabling buyers with insights through Promotional and Cost reporting  - Building and develop strong working relationship with Buyers, Suppliers, Hubs and wider Commercial teams to support and deliver on  subcategory plans for their respective launches  - Ability to influence counter parts in market to adhere to the critical path by sharing the impact of delays to the final launch on products  Key or   people and  promotions  teams I work with in and outside of Tesco:  People, budgets and other resources I am accountable for -Identifying opportunities for process improvement and efficiency in  in  data  my job: analysis and reporting  Buyers - UK/CE/ROI  Sourcing Merchandisers - Hubs,  External Suppliers - UK/CE/ROI   Central Operations Team - UK/CE/ROI  Demand Planners - UK/CE/ROI, Finance - BLR Operational skills relevant for this job: Experience relevant for this job: Advanced Excel, Reporting Skills, Eye for Detail, Speed &  Any graduate with Buying/Merchandising experience would be  Accuracy, Analyses & Judgment, Stakeholder Management,  preferred  Prioritizing, Excellent Written & Verbal Communication Skills **You will need** Refer to Responsibilities **Whats in it for you?** At Tesco, we are committed to providing the best for you.    As a result, our colleagues enjoy a unique, differentiated, market- competitive reward package, based on the current industry practices, for all the work they put into serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.    Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay, Incentives, and Benefits.     Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles - simple, fair, competitive, and sustainable.    **Salary** - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment.    **Performance Bonus** - Opportunity to earn additional compensation bonus based on performance, paid annually    **Leave & Time-off** - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave (18 days of Earned Leave, 12 days of Casual/Sick Leave) and 10 national and festival holidays, as per the company’s policy.    **Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary** - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets, Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF.    **Health is Wealth** - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family. Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws.    **Mental Wellbeing** - We offer mental health support through self-help tools, community groups, ally networks, face-to-face counselling, and more for both colleagues and dependents.     **Financial Wellbeing** - Through our financial literacy partner, we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates, as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request.     **Save As You Earn (SAYE)** - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan.     **Physical Wellbeing** - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch, football field, badminton and volleyball courts, along with indoor games, encouraging a healthier lifestyle.  **About Us** At Tesco, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We believe in treating everyone fairly and with respect, valuing individuality and uniqueness to create a true sense of belonging. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our values—we treat people how they want to be treated. Our goal is for all colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work, and we are committed to helping them thrive. Across the Tesco group, we are building an inclusive workplace that actively celebrates the cultures, personalities, and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn contribute to the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.     At Tesco Bengaluru, we are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer, highlighting