Lead Business Development Manager

Are you looking for an exciting new role in one of the most well known brands in the UK? At Tesco, we are currently looking for a highly driven person to join us to help shape one of our most recent ventures Tesco Marketplace.

Marketplace is a key pillar of our strategy to be 'Easily the Most Convenient' grocer, offering customers the opportunity to shop a broad range of 3rd party products, alongside their core grocery basket, seamlessly on Tesco.com. To support with building Marketplace, we are in need of a Lead Business Development Manager who will help us translate our strategy into action by recruiting and managing a set of sellers to deliver a compelling range proposition for customers and achieve our GMV targets.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome chats about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

• As part of the Online Marketplace team, accountability will be focused on identifying, engaging and recruiting a compelling set of sellers to list on our Marketplace
• Maintain a pipeline for new sellers to be recruited onto the Tesco Marketplace platform, prioritising sellers using a data driven approach that aligns with our strategy on range offer
• Sign new sellers to the marketplace platform and work closely with them on range, merchandising and promotional strategies
• Identify product areas for future Marketplace growth based on understanding of commercial performance and customer opportunity
• Work with sellers to manage their accounts and ensure we achieve the commercial outcomes set out for Marketplace
• Work alongside the Tesco Commercial colleagues to develop and implement category level strategies
• Establish governance forums with Tesco Commercial teams and own relationships with category teams
• Lead a small team of Business Development Managers

If this sounds like a fantastic opportunity then would love to hear from you!

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At Tesco, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you’re passionate about this role, but your skills, experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we would encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for this role in our team. We would love to hear from you!

• Previous experience managing a team 
• Great communications skills
• Experience managing a budget would be desirable 

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We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• 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
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

Click Here to read more about the full range of benefits we have available for our colleagues

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.