Assistant Buyers - 2018 (Head Office)

We are currently seeking highly motivated graduates with strong customer focus and who can work well as part of a team for the position of Assistant Buyer in our Commercial Team in Tesco Head Office.

As part of this exciting opportunity you will create profitable customer driven ranges and promotions to deliver sales and margin targets. To buy a defined product group within a buying plan to support the delivery of Serving Ireland Shoppers a Little Better Every day. You will resolve day to day issues with suppliers, distribution and the ordering department.

This opportunity is for graduates who are attracted by the busy pace of retail but who also have a passion for food and delivering great service to customers. From your first day on the office you’ll be part of a great team.

We will provide you with all the tools you need to develop into one of our leaders of the future. We give our graduates a combination of operational and leadership development training, not to mention exposure to a fast paced environment where the work you do will be tangible with real results.

• I hit my sales and margin targets for my defined product area and then beat them
• My range contributes towards achieving the buying plan
• I have an innovative and relevant range which gives customers a reason to shop with us across all store formats
• I am up to date with what is happening in the market and in our competitors
• I negotiate, with the support of my Manager, product cost and rebates to continually drive down costs for our customers
• I identify and plan opportunities for promotions
• I manage and take action quickly on issues with the products in my category
• I am never afraid to deliver bad news and always act with integrity
•  I resolve or escalate supplier issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Adhere to all Tesco policies and guidelines

• At least a 2:2 in any subject
• To work with others and achieve success together
• To put people and our customers at the heart of what you do
• To be agile in the way you think, make decisions and handle change
• To stick to your values and do the right thing, even when it’s tough
• A positive attitude, and a way of inspiring confidence in others
• To be connected to the latest thinking, inside and outside of the business
• The hunger to drive your own career and become one of our leaders
• Be an innovator, spotting opportunities to improve our business
• Show great resilience, staying positive and inspiring confidence in others
• A keen interest in becoming a buying manager
•  IT Skills preferable
• Experience advantageous but not necessary

With nearly 13,000 colleagues throughout Ireland, across our 151 stores, Head Office, and Distribution Centre, Tesco is one of Ireland’s largest retailers and a household name with Irish consumers.  We have two and half times the product range of our nearest competitor and clock up over 2 million customer transactions in our stores per week.  At an international level, we are one of the  largest retailers in the world and a seamlessly connected global business, with more than 6,500 stores, 500,000 colleagues, and operations in 12 international markets.

Tesco is committed to investing in Ireland and supporting the communities in which we serve. We work with 13,000 farming families across Ireland to offer our customers the freshest produce.  We are extremely proud of this fact as we are very passionate about food – this is something you’ll definitely notice when you join Tesco!

Core Purpose and Values

The Tesco business was built 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 and this hasn’t changed. Customers want great products at great value which they can buy easily and it’s our job to deliver this in the right way for them.

That’s why we’ve chosen ‘Serving Ireland’s shoppers a little better every day’ as our new core purpose. As a business, serving customers is at the heart of everything we do – from colleagues in our stores to those of us in supporting roles.