Tesco

Talent Partner - Food - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Tesco  •  Welwyn Garden City, GB (Hybrid)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Temporary Working hours 36 Apply by 08-Sep-2026

About the role
As Talent Partner for our Food function, you'll be at the heart of building the talent that powers our future success. You'll own the end-to-end talent agenda, developing strategic talent plans and turning them into action. From strengthening succession pipelines and championing diverse talent to helping leaders have better performance conversations, you'll ensure we have the right people, ready for the right opportunities, at the right time.

What is in it for you
We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work.  Click Here to find out more!
 
  • Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
  • Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
  • Private medical insurance.
  • 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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.
The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

You will be responsible for
  • Partner with Food Functional Leadership Teams (WL3-WL5), the relevant UK Board Member, and People Business Partners to develop and deliver a future-focused talent strategy that ensures the function has the capability, succession strength and diverse talent pipeline required to deliver business priorities.
  • Use colleague insight, Every Voice Matters (EVM) data, talent metrics and business performance indicators to shape, challenge and evolve functional talent plans, ensuring talent priorities respond to colleague feedback and business needs.
  • Lead and facilitate the end-to-end talent and succession planning cycle across Food functions, driving robust and objective discussions that identify future leaders, accelerate readiness of successors and mitigate talent risks before they impact the business.
  • Build leadership capability by equipping managers to confidently navigate talent processes, have impactful career and development conversations, and take ownership of talent outcomes within their teams.
  • Facilitate performance calibration discussions, ensuring consistent application of the Your Contribution framework and a balanced, evidence-based assessment of colleague performance and future potential.
  • Provide constructive challenge and an unbiased perspective to support fair talent decisions, improve differentiation of performance, and maintain high standards of talent management.
  • Embed a culture of continuous feedback and high-quality performance conversations, coaching leaders to hold meaningful discussions that drive colleague growth and accountability.
  • Proactively identify and facilitate cross-functional and cross-market development moves that support both colleague growth and business needs.
  • Work closely with other Talent Partners and Talent POE to shape and continuously improve talent frameworks, processes and tools, ensuring they are practical, commercially relevant and deliver a consistent colleague experience.

You will need
Operational skills relevant for this job:

  • Relationship management
  • Communication skills
  • Influencing skills
  • Planning & Time management
  • MS Office
  • Work & Pay

Experience relevant for this job:

  • People/HR operational experience
  • Talent development/management 
  • Succession Planning 
  • Resource Planning 
  • Partnering 

About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues. 
 
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. 
 
We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application,  click here  for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying. 
Tesco

About Tesco

One of the world’s largest retailers of consumer goods from food to fashion. Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day in our stores and online is at the heart of everything we do.

Founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen using the £30 he received on leaving the Royal Flying Corp, we’ve come a long way from his small market stall in East London. Today over 400,000 colleagues work across our stores, office, distribution and customer engagement centres in the UK, Europe and Asia.

Share our passion for the people, products and places that make us great, and we can offer the right support to develop your skills. If you’re looking for the perfect work-life balance, a collaborative culture and flexible ways of working, find your opportunity to get on at www.tesco-careers.com

Industry
Retail & Ecommerce
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Welwyn Garden City, GB
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
tesco.com
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