Job Description

Tesco UK • Welwyn Garden City • Full-Time • Permanent • Working hours 36 • Apply by 17-Nov-2026

About the role

You will own and lead the trade and promotional plan for the Fresh division across all formats and channels. You will use customer and product insight to develop a compelling commercial plan that delivers a winning proposition for both customers and Tesco.

What is in it for you

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• 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.

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You will be responsible for

• Building a winning trade plan which materially moves our performance on year on year and vs our competitors, growing incremental sales value and market share.
• Influencing stakeholders of all work levels to deliver against critical path timings, and briefs for space/customer proposition requirements.
• Understanding the drivers of performance, through sound analytics and strong partnership with relevant functions (e.g. Dunnhumby, finance, insight) and use this to build Trade Space plan.
• Applying insight and customer understanding to the Events programme to support space optimization, sales and customer perception.
• Prioritising propositions, promotions, and offers based on customer needs and calendar themes.
• Reviewing & continuously improving the Promotional offering, optimising all pieces of feature space, to drive sales ensuring all promotions on feature space are effective and incremental.
• Developing the relationship with Retail, Product, Customer, SRM and Strategy & Trade teams.
• Being an expert on competitors Promotions and Events across all channels.
• Anticipate competitor activity to proactively build plans to ensure we “win the week”
• Understanding & utilisation of of Market Share Data - Circana & Kantar

You will need

• Experience in range development, trade planning, merchandising, buying and critical path management.
• Strong commercial judgement with a proven track record of using market data to drive decision making.
• Excellent analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to turn insights into action.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and relationship-building capabilities.
• Effective communication and project management skills, with a customer-focused approach.
• Commercial and financial acumen, with the ability to balance customer, sales and profit outcomes.

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.

When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.