Security of Supply Analyst

You will be responsible for:

Conduct horizon scanning to identify emerging risks and opportunities affecting raw materials, suppliers, geographies, climate patterns, water scarcity, supply/demand shifts, geopolitical landscapes, disease, and biodiversity.
Quantify and monitor risk indicators, through self-led identification & assessment and using business network, feeding into business‑wide risk assessments and Security of Supply dashboards.
Support the development of automated, objective risk formulas for supply, price, and brand risk inputs.
Work with Technology to ensure data tools, platforms, and inputs are up to date, accurate, and reflective of the fast‑changing risk environment. Long‑term, collaborate as tools transition to Data Science ownership.
Prepare analytical outputs for Security of Supply reviews, category plans, and NWT discussions.

Provide high‑quality data and insight to the wider product teams to help build category‑specific Security of Supply Plans.
Assist in shaping 2–3 year and 10‑year SoS strategies, ensuring risk insights translate into actionable priorities.
Coordinate reactive event responses during unforeseen disruption (e.g., shortages, weather shocks, disease outbreaks), working cross‑functionally to capture information.
Track line‑level impacts, risk severity, COGS exposure, and timelines for response.
Support on identification of areas of patterns in reactive risk events and work with Security of Supply Manager to influence targeted monitoring and pre-emptive actions
Assist with day‑to‑day management of the SoS workstream, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and follow‑up actions.
Provide structured analysis and clear storytelling to enable decision‑making at pace.

You will need:

Strong analytical skills and experience working with complex datasets.
Ability to interpret global risk signals and translate them into practical sourcing implications.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
A collaborative working style, comfortable working across functions and influencing without authority.
High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
Experience in supply chain, commodities, buying, risk, analytics, or sustainability.
Familiarity with climate, geopolitical, supply/demand, or price‑based risk indicators.
Curiosity and eagerness to learn about global systems affecting product availability.

What's 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 (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
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

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.

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