Vacancy details

UK Clothing - Buying Manager - Toddler Boy

Tesco is a great place to work - whether you're planning the layouts of our aisles, sourcing products in Thailand or improving our supply chain in Turkey.

We have become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and staff.

We believe in treating each other with respect, giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on.

It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us create value for our customers and earning their loyalty for life.

Job Specification:

We are currently presenting the opportunity for a Buying Manager to join our UK Clothing team.

As a Buying Manager, your role will be to create profitable customer driven ranges and promotions to deliver sales and margin targets. You will ensure the buying plan supports a group of products to support the delivery of the customer plan and promises of 'I can get what I want' and 'the prices are good'.

Your role and responsibilities are to:

Ensure the buying plan supports delivery of the customer plan

Set sales and margin targets and then beat them

Develop the supplier base to achieve competitive advantage based on a direct sourcing model

Develop with IS, a reactive sustainable supply chain to continually drive new products for customers

Develop fashionable ranges for our online customer

Understand the online competitor set to drive a strategy to capture market share

Negotiate product cost to continually drive down costs for our customers

Plan and negotiate market leading promotions to drive sales and margin

Use the exit process to optimise sell through and minimise exit costs aligned to stores

Always try to make things simpler for stores and our online teams

Deliver against the critical path

Increase market share year on year

Candidate Specification:

The successful individual will have extensive buying experience within a multi site retail consumer business, along with a successful track record of buying clothing from direct sources.

You will have an understanding of country and global supply chain processes, fabric and garment construction and global sourcing.

Experience in multi garment areas is preferable.

Reference: 762

Location: Welwyn Garden City

Salary: Competitive

Position: Permanent

Sector: UK Head Office, Commercial, UK Clothing

Apply before: Friday, 1 October 2010

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