Tesco UK Welwyn Garden City Hybrid Full-Time Permanent Working hours 36 Apply by 30-čvc-2026
About the role
You will lead the development of a 15-year roadmap to transform Tesco Clothing from a manual, store-led operation into a high-tech, omni-channel network. You’ll bring together supply chain expertise and strong financial insight to design automated networks and support multi-million-pound investment decisions. This is a high-impact role requiring strategic thinking to integrate both online and retail fulfilment.
You’ll be a self-starter who thinks creatively, drawing on both current and emerging industry trends to shape future direction. The role will involve significant networking, including travel, to build strong partnerships and insights across the market.
What is in it for you
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- Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
- Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
- Private medical insurance.
- 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
- Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.
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You will be responsible for
Shaping the Future Distribution Strategy
- Leading long-term distribution and fulfilment strategy for Clothing, aligned to omni-channel growth.
- Designing integrated network models that bring together store replenishment and online fulfilment.
- Exploring trends and automation to improve efficiency, resilience, and customer experience.
Long-Range Planning & Network Modelling
- Building capacity plans and scenario models covering volume, channels, service, and cost.
- Providing clear, data-led insight to support decisions over a 10–15 year horizon.
- Turning complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
Business Case & Financial Insight
- Developing end-to-end business cases for transformation and automation investments.
- Partnering with Finance on cost models, benefits, and investment appraisals.
- Supporting governance with clear assumptions, risks, and expected outcomes.
Operational & Process Design
- Defining scalable processes across inbound, storage, picking, packing, and outbound flows.
- Working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure strategies are practical and deliverable.
Stakeholder Engagement & Influence
- Building strong partnerships across Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, Clothing, and Online.
- Communicating clearly to support alignment and informed decision-making.
- Balancing long-term ambition with operational reality.
You will need
- Strong experience in supply chain, distribution, or logistics strategy, ideally within retail or e-commerce.
- Experience developing long-term network or transformation strategies, including scenario planning.
- Confident financial skills, with experience building business cases and supporting investment decisions.
- Understanding of automation and technology-enabled distribution models.
- Strong project skills, with the ability to manage complex, multi-stream programmes.
- Good knowledge of distribution processes across store and online fulfilment.
- Experience of omni-channel retail or large-scale supply chain transformation.
- Ability to communicate clearly and influence effectively at senior levels.
- Experience supporting major capital investment or automation programmes.
- Background in Clothing, General Merchandise, or non-food retail supply chains.
About us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.
At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.
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