Hours: 36
Salary: Competitive
Location: Welwyn Garden City
United Kingdom
Apply by: 26/03/2021
Welwyn Garden City
Our objective is to ensure store colleagues are able to efficiently and confidently serve our customers ‘a little better every day. To achieve this, we strive to simplify store colleagues operations through the introduction of new technology.
This is a critical and hugely influential LTPM role, which will require Technology and Business Exec engagement across a wide variety of teams. These will include Store Colleague Experience, Data Science, Data & Analytics, Infrastructure, Channels Safety, Service, Shrinkage & Security, Property, as well as Procurement, Legal and Finance.
The ideal candidate will not only be technically proficient, but will also have exceptional leadership and soft skills. A willingness to learn and flex based on the demands of the programme are key to succeeding in this role.
In the initial Discovery and Planning phase, this role needs to coordinate four currently separate, but ultimately interdependent programmes (each with their own subset of initiatives, trials and in-flight projects), namely:-
The primary goals of the Connected Strategies Programme, are to align the four programmes such that:-
You will be responsible for organising and managing the delivery a newly approved and fully funded multi million pound, cross-functional Technology transformation programme.
This will include:-
Deliverables (in initial Kick-Off / Discovery & Planning Phase)
The ideal candidate must have demonstrated below key skills in their current and past roles:
Our business was built over 100 years ago, with a simple mission, to be the champion for customers, helping them to enjoy a better quality of life and an easier way of living. Today that mission remains unchanged.
Customers want great products at great value, which they can buy easily. Tesco aims to deliver this in the right way for them. That's why 'Serving shoppers a little better every day' is our core purpose. As a business, serving customers is at the heart of everything we do. In the UK, Tesco serves some 66 shoppers every second, so it is our goal to ensure every one of those customers experiences just a little better service on each visit.
Everything we do is motivated by our desire for the best tools and technology to help deliver our mission. We are innovating and transforming our Technology to become the world’s leading retailer.
We need people who share our obsession to deliver for our customers and colleagues. Ambitious, passionate and confident people who are willing to take the initiative and drive us forwards. In return, we offer excitement, a great team, an excellent benefit package and significant career development opportunities.
If that sounds exciting, then we would love to hear from you.
The position is based in Welwyn Garden City, with occasional travel to store and our London office in Farringdon.