Example Projects

Below are examples of some of the projects we've delivered over the past few years. As you'll see, the nature of what we do requires us to work closely with senior directors as part of constantly delivering changes and improvements to Tesco. With such high profile projects the opportunities to get on and progress within one of the world's leading retailers are second to none.

Improving on shelf availability

At Tesco we continuously look for ways to improve the way we do business. Each year different teams from across Tesco deliver over £500m in cost savings. These savings go back into improving the shopping trip for customers.

Through a carefully planned programme of targeted investments, our team reduced the number of products out of stock by 25% across areas our analysis told us were most important to customers. This work delivered measurable improvements in customer satisfaction.

Predicting how weather affects our sales

Did you know that during summer a ten degree rise in temperature means we sell 300% more barbeque meat, and 50% more lettuce?

Our team developed and implemented an innovative forecasting system that predicts how the weather affects sales across each product in each store, allowing our supply chain to react and meet customer demand.

Reducing depot stockholding

Tesco holds hundreds of millions of pounds worth of stock in its depots. Holding too little stock reduces how quickly we can respond to changes in customer demand; holding too much stock ties up capital, increases obsolesce, and means bigger and more expensive depots.

Through changing how we manage stock in our depots we improved availability for customers, while at the same time saving over £50million in stockholding costs.

This work was delivered through simulation and modelling of our depot network alongside changes in our head-office stock control processes.