Buying & Supply Chain Assistant - Tesco Hospitality

2 weeks ago

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Tesco UK Full time

**About the role**
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work within the Hospitality Buying & Supply Chain team as a Buying & Supply Chain Assistant.

Reporting into the Buying & Supply Chain Manager, this head office role will encompass a wide range of buying and supply chain duties including supplier & stock management, new product sourcing, product costing and availability, data and report analysis and responsibility for Café stock availability.

The successful applicant should be organised and a great communicator, with experience in buying and/or supply chain. Experience using Excel is crucial as this role will include data analysis and reporting.

This is a full-time role, including 3 days a week at the Tesco Head Office in Welwyn Garden City.

**You will be responsible for**
- Sourcing new products, ensuring the right product at the right price for our sites & customers.
- Working alongside the Food Development team on new menu and product launches.
- Maintaining and regularly updating our ingredient catalogue (pricing/ product changes).
- Tracking stock levels with suppliers, ensuring product is always available in The Café and The Coffee Shops.
- Running cost and availability checks for our growing Coffee Shop proposition and supporting with deliveries and requests for our site on campus.
- Analysing and understanding performance issues, reviewing costs & availability.
- Building allocations for new menus and ensuring products land into Cafés and Coffee Shops on time.
- Supporting your manager to handle supplier performance and build long term supplier relationships.
- Being a bridge between suppliers and sites, communicating supply issues and helping to find resolutions.
- Collaborating with the wider team and assisting with requests from other departments.

**You will need**
- A passion for hospitality buying
- Previous buying and/or supply chain experience
- Strong supplier and partner management, with the ability to communicate & influence effectively
- Adaptable & resilient, able to perform in a fast paced & constantly evolving environment
- Data analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Report preparation and analysis (experience using the Fourth RME system preferred but not essential)

**Whats in it for you?**
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- Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
- 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**
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