Lead Technical Programme Manager
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About Supply Chain Ordering Transformation
Supply Chain Ordering is a critical
capability within Tesco’s end‑to‑end supply ecosystem, ensuring
that every store and fulfilment location receives the right products at the
right time to meet customer demand. As we transition away from legacy Mainframe‑based
Ordering applications, our focus is on building a modern, scalable, and
intelligent Ordering platform that leverages real‑time data, advanced forecasting,
and AI‑driven
decisioning. This transformation will enable more accurate and automated
ordering, reduce waste, improve availability, and create a seamless flow of
information across Forecasting, Stock, Fulfilment, Transport, and In‑Store
Operations.
We are very proud of our legacy
estate but we a driven to transform the technology to introduce new capabilities
enabling AI across Tesco’s global Supply Chain. The LTPM plays a pivotal role
in driving this evolution - coordinating complex cross‑functional
delivery, integrating new technologies, and ensuring a smooth migration from
legacy platforms to the new Ordering ecosystem.
1. Ordering
Modernisation Programme
•
Define,
lead, and deliver the multi‑year roadmap to migrate Supply Chain Ordering applications away
from Mainframe technologies into a modern cloud‑based technology estate.
•
Own
the end‑to‑end programme plan, ensuring alignment
across engineering, product, architecture, and operational teams.
•
Coordinate
dependency management across upstream and downstream systems, including
Forecasting, Stock Management, Fulfilment and Connect services.
•
Drive
robust governance, including release planning, risk and issue management, cost
control, and progress reporting to senior leadership.
2. AI Strategy
& Delivery for End
•
Shape
the AI strategy for Supply Chain, identifying high‑value opportunities in forecasting,
ordering optimisation, automation, anomaly detection, exception reduction, and
operational efficiency.
•
Define
and maintain the AI implementation roadmap, ensuring alignment with key
stakeholder groups including AI & Data Science, Architecture, Engineering,
and Business Operations teams.
•
Drive
adoption of AI‑powered features
into product and operational workflows, ensuring measurable business outcomes.
3. Cross‑Functional Leadership
•
Collaborate
closely with Commercial Product, Transport, Fulfilment, In
Chain Forecasting, Stock, Ordering & Connect teams to ensure cohesive
technical and operational delivery.
•
Build
strong senior‑level
relationships, influencing priorities and shaping strategic direction across
multiple business and technology domains.
•
Provide
leadership and coaching to TPMs within the wider programme, ensuring coherence
of plans and alignment with outcomes.
4. Technical
& Delivery Excellence
•
Champion
best‑practice delivery
frameworks, agile ways of working, and continuous improvement.
•
Ensure
clear articulation of complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including
senior leadership, engineering teams, product teams, and operational
stakeholders.
•
Drive
measurable improvements in programme velocity, reliability, quality, and
delivery predictability.
You’ll need to have demonstrated
experience of:
• A knowledge of
Agile methodology and a record of producing positive change in teams
• A
proven track record of delivery of complex technology across multiple teams and
influencing product, engineering and business colleagues
• Working
effectively with and leading multi-disciplinary teams and understanding how to
contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Thinking
at a conceptual level across a number of platforms
• Ability
to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.
Personal
•
Flexibility, ability to plan and organise,
responsiveness, creativity, self-starter
•
Able to build solid working relationships with
peers and senior leadership
•
Ability to demonstrate strong written, verbal
communication and presentation skills to all levels of seniority and
disciplines within the organisation.
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 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 (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 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 click here.
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