About the role Refer to Responsibilities You will be responsible for Job Summary As an Assistant Merchandise Planner at Tesco you will be an integral part of our merchandising team responsible for planning and optimizing the allocation of products to our stores Your role will involve forecasting inventory management and ensuring that our stores have the right products at the right time to meet customer demand while maximizing sales and profitability In this job I m accountable for Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence and have these specific risk responsibilities Represent Talent Acquisition in all forums seminars pertaining to process compliance and audit Driving CI culture implementing CI projects and innovation for withing the team Providing merchandising support effective running of the department preparing analysis for my manager including Monday Trade analysis and collaborating closely with the UK TBS merchandising team and suppliers Collating and share market and competitor insight so we can understand what our customers really want Help build balanced ranges for our department that meet sales stock and profit targets Leading all aspects of order management critical paths line projections and ensuring ranging databases are up to-date and accurate Managing intake to ensure product availability and support new launches and events Producing weekly sub class WSSI and line flows which helps our Merchandise Planning Managers track sales margin and stock across regions and channels Preparing analysis which helps your manager to handle risk suggesting any stock repeats and markdown management opportunities Scheduling and implementing promotions and markdowns across all channels and regions Identifying replenishment issues and working with Supply Chain and Store Stock Planning teams to resolve Utilize historical sales data market trends and promotional plans to forecast product demand Supporting the MPM in preparation for sign off and strategy analysing history trends and best and worst Ensure timely execution of promotional strategies and stock allocation for events like seasonal promotions Sales event and current product launches Key people and teams I work with in and outside of Tesco People budgets and other resources I am accountable for in my job Buying departments Design team Store Stock Planning Department sales margins teams Commercial Directors Clothing Hub General Managers and Suppliers Operational skills relevant for this job Experience relevant for this job Stakeholder management and Proficient Written and Verbal Any graduate with Merchandising Trade Planning experience Communication Skills Eye-to-Detail Speed and Accuracy 4 years in the Apparel background Planning and Organizing Collaborating Partnering High on Also has experience producing reports and analyzing them Ownership Accountability Logical Reasoning Analytical Ability Analyses and Judgement Numeracy Skills Intermediate MS Excel Fundamental understanding of demand supply dynamics You will need Refer to Responsibilities Whats in it for you At Tesco we are committed to providing the best for you As a result our colleagues enjoy a unique differentiated market- competitive reward package based on the current industry practices for all the work they put into serving our customers communities and planet a little better every day Our Tesco Rewards framework consists of pillars - Fixed Pay Incentives and Benefits Total Rewards offered at Tesco is determined by four principles - simple fair competitive and sustainable Salary - Your fixed pay is the guaranteed pay as per your contract of employment Performance Bonus - Opportunity to earn additional compensation bonus based on performance paid annually Leave Time-off - Colleagues are entitled to 30 days of leave 18 days of Earned Leave 12 days of Casual Sick Leave and 10 national and festival holidays as per the company s policy Making Retirement Tension-FreeSalary - In addition to Statutory retirement beneets Tesco enables colleagues to participate in voluntary programmes like NPS and VPF Health is Wealth - Tesco promotes programmes that support a culture of health and wellness including insurance for colleagues and their family Our medical insurance provides coverage for dependents including parents or in-laws Mental Wellbeing - We offer mental health support through self-help tools community groups ally networks face-to-face counselling and more for both colleagues and dependents Financial Wellbeing - Through our financial literacy partner we offer one-to-one financial coaching at discounted rates as well as salary advances on earned wages upon request Save As You Earn SAYE - Our SAYE programme allows colleagues to transition from being employees to Tesco shareholders through a structured 3-year savings plan Physical Wellbeing - Our green campus promotes physical wellbeing with facilities that include a cricket pitch football field badminton and volleyball courts along with indoor games encouraging a healthier lifestyle About Us Tesco in Bengaluru is a multi-disciplinary team serving our customers communities and planet a little better every day across markets Our goal is to create a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes delivering cost savings enabling agility through technological solutions and empowering our colleagues to do even more for our customers With cross-functional expertise a wide network of teams and strong governance we reduce complexity thereby offering high-quality services for our customers Tesco in Bengaluru established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 3 30 000 colleagues Tesco Business Solutions Established in 2017 Tesco Business Solutions TBS has evolved from a single entity traditional shared services in Bengaluru India from 2004 to a global purpose-driven solutions-focused organisation TBS is committed to driving scale at speed and delivering value to the Tesco Group through the power of decision science With over 4 400 highly skilled colleagues globally TBS supports markets and business units across four locations in the UK India Hungary and the Republic of Ireland The organisation underpins everything that the Tesco Group does bringing innovation a solutions mindset and agility to its operations and support functions building winning partnerships across the business TBS s focus is on adding value and creating impactful outcomes that shape the future of the business TBS creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the Tesco Group by becoming the partner of choice for talent transformation and value creation