Monday 16 April 2012

Tesco's Commercial Trainee Programme

Logo: TescoLooking at your career options? Not sure university is the right path for you?

We know the next step isn’t an easy one, lots of choices available to you, but which one do you take? Everyone has an opinion on what’s right for you. Know you’re ready for the challenge of work, want to earn a decent salary, but want a job and opportunity that can develop into a career?

This could be the one for you... Tesco’s Commercial Trainee Programme which has been developed this year, has 30 places for ambitious A level students to join the Commercial function in Head Office, as either a Trainee Buyer or Trainee Merchandiser. This isn’t an easy option, it’s a fast paced environment where you’ll be stretched and developed to your full potential. It’ll be challenging but the rewards and long term career opportunities are first class.

So what does a buyer and merchandiser do?

When you go into a store to buy your favourite product, somewhere in a head office a buyer will have created and developed that product as part of a range. Buyers identify key trends, make commercial decisions, and develop product specifications, to ensure a product is fit for purpose. Travelling locally and internationally to work with the best suppliers to get the right price for the customer. So whether its fashion and clothing that sets your pulse racing or it’s the latest console and gaming innovation, you could be part of a team that ensures our customers get to buy the products they want, at the right price.

More interested in the business side of the team, want to control the purse strings and make decisions that affect profit and margin. What to decide how big that range is, the volumes we buy from the suppliers and which suppliers to use, then Merchandising is where your strengths could lie. You could be managing million pound accounts in just a couple of years, making key decisions that drive the growth of Tesco.

The Commercial Trainee Programme is a structured programme in which you can join the business as a Trainee and develop your career to be a senior member of the team as either a Buyer or a Merchandiser, specialising in any of the product areas that Tesco sell from Food to Fashion, from Sports Equipment to Game Consoles. The programme will ensure you get the training, development and support to reach your true potential.

Tesco has a history of developing leaders from within the business, and many of the Senior Leaders started on one of the entry level programmes. Tesco has for a number of years operated a Stores Development Programme which coupled with the apprenticeship opportunities, has enabled young people to start their retail career within an environment which offers immediate challenges, rapid progression and a lasting career with Britain's number one retailer.

Building upon this success, Tesco have developed this entry level opportunities within the commercial Function to ensure talented, driven and commercially aware individuals have the opportunity to get on at Tesco in an exciting and fast paced career.

"These opportunities are at the heart of our business – the commercial team are fundamentally the people who decide what products go on the shelves and bring the customers into the stores."

We are looking for bright individuals, who have a passion for retail and understand product. You will need to be able to put these two attributes together in a commercial way, thinking about the customer, keeping them at the ‘heart of what we do’. You will also need to be numerical, able to process data, organised and a logical thinker. Tesco is a dynamic and fast paced environment, and would suit those who are able to challenge themselves on a daily basis.

So if you have 240 UCAS points and are looking to get started in the work place, then this opportunity could be where your career starts.

Application Process

• Stage 1: Online Application

• Stage 2:Telephone Interview

• Stage 3: Online verbal and numerical reasoning tests

• Stage 4: Assessment Centre

Start dates:

• June 2012

• October 2012

Location

• Welwyn Garden City in Herts for Clothing and General Merchandising opportunities

• Cheshunt in Herts for opportunities in Food buying.

Want to know more, details about the programme and how to apply can be found at:

http://www.tesco-careers.com/Commercial-Development-Programme

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