Product Developer - Food

Job description

We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:

·  An annual bonus scheme which you can achieve up to 3.5% of base salary.
·  Privilegecard (including a 2nd card for a family member) after 6 months service with 10% off most purchases at Tesco.
·  A retirement savings plan - 4%-7.5% contribution rate
·  Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
·  Buy As You Earn Scheme
·  Save As You Earn Scheme
·  Deals & Discounts through Tesco including Tesco Mobile & Tesco Bank
·  Deals and Discounts through many other external businesses

About The Job

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Product Developer to join the Food Team in Product Quality. Reporting to the Product Development Manager, in this role you will own and deliver your category Product Development proposition, to step change the quality of the products that matter most to our customers and to deliver market leading innovation.

As well as the day to day role, you will have the opportunity to work on projects that impact the wider business; working with commercial, technical, legal & marketing functions in order to deliver these.

Main Responsibilities

Product Development & Innovation strategy within your category

·  Be the trend, customer and market expert within your category.
·  Develop market leading innovation and product ranges which drive positive customer quality perception, maximise customer participation, sales, outperformance & margin delivery for the category.
·  Work closely with the customer team to gain strategic customer insight.
·  Drive a culture of innovation & passion for product within your team and the supply base.
·  Define the product brief to deliver range, quality and packaging/design improvements for your category which reflect the pillar brand values.
·  Own the critical path and ensure that all products are launched on time and to the brief.
·  Continually review the product area to identify opportunities for improving product quality and delivering value for money.
·  Manage the supplier skill set effectively to deliver a 1-5 year development plan for the area.
·  Regularly visit stores to review the performance of your products as customers experience them.

Category Communication an advocate for the Tesco brand

·  Share expertise with internal stakeholders Stores, Marketing, PR, Awards, and Tesco Magazine.
·  Be the recognised Tesco expert in your category with external stakeholders Press, Shareholder events.

Identify new business & market opportunities

·  Keep abreast of trends and market dynamics and share this knowledge with the team.
·  Keep abreast of competitor activity within the industry and conduct regular competitor and directional reviews.

Ideal Candidate

·  Relevant category/product development experience
·  End to End product & proposition development
·  Range Management
·  Project Management
·  Ability to understand customer, market & competitor insight & foresight data
·  Innovative & conceptual thinking
·  Data Analysis & Decision Making
·  Influencing & communication

About the Company

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It's part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, we have a vast variety of roles and we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings to enable us to serve our shoppers a little better every day. We strive to create a workforce that reflects our customers not only here in the UK, but worldwide. Our aim is to attract and welcome a diverse range applicants from all walks of life and we would love to hear from you!

Desired profile

Ideal Candidate

·  Relevant category/product development experience
·  End to End product & proposition development
·  Range Management
·  Project Management
·  Ability to understand customer, market & competitor insight & foresight data
·  Innovative & conceptual thinking
·  Data Analysis & Decision Making
·  Influencing & communication