Head of Technical - Home/General Merchandise

Lead the strategic delivery of safe, legal, responsibly sourced, quality products for the category, always focus on delivering for our customers and living our values, leading the team by example.

You will be responsible for:

Leading a team to ensure products, processes and suppliers are safe, legal, ethical, sustainable and meet relevant Tesco policy and audit requirements and customer expectations
Leading a team of experts, mentoring & enabling them to achieve Quality critical metrics and be the guardians of brand integrity
Minimising cost and risk throughout the supply chain and product range, and supervising sign off of products - Leading the review of quality feedback across the category(s), identifying and resolving risks to the brand
Incident management (e.g. potential EPWs and recalls) and enforcement challenges in the category when raised
Driving innovation/improvements in the field through horizon scanning and industry knowledge and mobilising the team to input and deliver these through category NPD & suppliers plans
Leading the Quality plan to support the Category strategy
Providing thought leadership on cross cutting projects and initiatives that drive improvement or support the business' needs
Contributing to and/or leading change programmes in the category
Ensuring that the team & I maintain great relationships with our suppliers, sourcing and internal/external partners
Forecasting and leading budgets effectively, always being cost conscious
Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

You will need:

Operational skills relevant for this job:

Supplier Management
Project/Programme Management
Change Management
Technical Auditing
Partner Management
Data Analysis
Microsoft Office
People management

Experience relevant for this job:

Relevant product area knowledge/experience of delivering safe, legal, quality, responsibly sourced (ethics & environment) products to the customer
Knowledge of legislation and technical standards
Understanding of risk and risk assessment
Understanding of end to end incident management
Track record of leading and working in sophisticated NWTs
Experience in crafting and driving strategy
Experience of leading and developing a team

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What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

Annual bonus scheme of up to 45% of base salary
Car Cash Allowance
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
Private medical insurance
Retirement savings plan - save between 6% - 10% and Tesco will contribute 1.5 times this amount
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave

About us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility