Lead-Assistant Merchandising Planner

Tesco India  •  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India  •  Hybrid  •  Full-Time  •  Permanent  •  Apply by 30-Sep-2025 About the role Refer to Responsibilities What is 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.  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 new 
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 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