Technical Programme Manager

About the role

About Forecasting & OrderingForecasting and Ordering is the Programme Function supporting Supply Chain. We're passionate about giving our customers what they want, when they want it. Our aim is to get thousands of products from factories and farms around the world to the shelf edge (virtual and physical) so that we can satisfy millions of customers every week simply put: right product, right place, right time.We recognise that the constantly changing demands of our customers lives mean that as a business, we need to continue to innovate our offering so that they can shop with us in the way they want, when they want to. Delivering this challenge means that we are frequently re-inventing our Supply Chain to make sure it is always leading-class. Supply Chain initiatives seek to improve availability, reduce costs and optimise stock holding. Our job is to make sure that every one of our 75 million weekly global customers can get what they want when, where and however they want itWithin Technology we cover a breadth of systems from Retail Demand Forecasting, Order Optimisers, Continuous Replenishment, Group Ordering, Stock Services & enabled with our front-end Tesco Connect. The Supply Chain systems include a wide breadth of technology from Mainframe to Hadoop coding in multiple languages but the most common being Java. The Supply Chain systems continue to be enhanced but also undertake step change improvements.An effective supply chain provides competitive advantage for all retailers, through predicting customer demand accurately, ensuring that all customers get the products they need (instore & online), optimising ordering keeping supplier and Warehouse constraints in mind and thereby directly influence product availability, capturing an accurate view of Stock across Tesco and providing the best-in-class application for supply chain users.