Founded by Jack Cohen in 1919, Tesco started its humble beginnings as a grocery stall in East End of London. The first store opened in 1929 and since then has grown and diversified to now offer financial services, clothing, home furnishings and electronics.
Career opportunities in Tesco
With over 2,400 Stores in the UK alone and 472,000 employees worldwide Tesco offers diversity of opportunities which is unlikely to be matched elsewhere.
Whether you want to work at the Head Office or in the Store there are multitude of careers to suit your skills and career aspirations.
Tesco Head Office careers
The Head Office can offer careers in the following areas;
- Business Development,
- Marketing,
- Finance,
- IT,
- Personnel,
- Supply Chain and
- Security.
Whereas the Retail Store offers careers which require face to face customer interaction such as;
- Customer Services,
- Management,
- Pharmacists to name but a few.
If you’re looking for a graduate role then Tesco offer three Graduate Programmes. The Store Management Programme offers opportunities to work in the stores directly with the customers.
On the other hand the Office Programme allows you the opportunity to work in the office with a choice of business areas to include Finance, Marketing, Property and Engineering.
The Distribution Management Programme allows you to work at the forefront of logistics management.
Why join Tesco
Tesco aims to reflect the community it serves by mirroring the workforce it recruits. They try to ensure that their employees are able to work in a way that suites their circumstances. They support this by offering flexible working hours, part time roles, job sharing and shift swapping.
All employees are encouraged to broaden their experience so that Tesco’s Every Little Helps commitment is evident in everything they do. They offer development training, apprenticeships and qualifications at work.
As well as a competitive salary and a positive working environment they also offer many other benefits and rewards to include:
- Privilege card – after a year working at Tesco you can get 10% discount on all your Tesco shopping
- Shares – free shares to all employees who have worked for more than a year plus options to purchase more at discounted rate
- Pension – award winning Tesco pension scheme
- Healthcare – discounted private healthcare to cover health cash plans, dental cover and private medical insurance
Are you a Tesco person?
According to the Supermarket ’there are people and there are Tesco people’. To be a Tesco person you will need to have the following attributes:
- Passionate about selling
- Focused on understanding the customer better
- Driven to achieve good results
- Committed to treating people fairly and consistently
- Willing to roll up sleeves to get the job done
- Determined to respond actively to customer feedback
- Motivated to work in teams and on own initiative to achieve objectives
- Adaptable and flexible
- Devoted to continued improvement in their performance
How to apply for Tesco jobs
To find out more about Tesco jobs and to see current vacancies visit Tesco Careers.