Manager-Applied Research

Company Description

Tesco Bengaluru

We are a multi-disciplinary team creating a sustainable competitive advantage for Tesco by standardising processes, delivering cost savings, enabling agility, providing cutting-edge technological solutions and empowering our colleagues to do ever more for our customers. With cross-functional expertise in Global Business Services and Retail Technology & Engineering, a wide network of teams and strong governance we reduce complexity thereby offering high quality services for our customers. Tesco Bengaluru, established in 2004 to enable standardisation and build centralised capabilities and competencies, makes the experience better for our millions of customers worldwide and simpler for over 4,40,000 colleagues.

At Tesco Business Solutions, we have a mission to simplify, scale & partner to serve our customers, colleagues and suppliers through a best-in-class intelligent Business Services model. We do this by building a world class business services model by executing services model framework right at the heart of everything we do for our worldwide customers. The key objective is to implement and execute service model across all our functions and markets consistently. The ethos of business services is to free-up our colleagues from a regular manual operational work. We use cognitive technology to augment our key decision making. We also built a Continuous Improvement (CI) culture across functions to drive bottom-up business efficiencies by optimising processes. Business services colleagues need to act as a business partner with our group stakeholders to build a collaborative partnership driving continuous improvement across markets and functions to lead the best customer experience by serving our shoppers a little better every day.

At Tesco, inclusion means that Everyone's Welcome. Everyone is treated fairly and with respect; by valuing individuality and uniqueness we create a sense of belonging.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of Tesco. It is embedded in our values: we treat people how they want to be treated. We always want our colleagues to feel they can be themselves at work and we are committed to helping them be at their best.

Across the Tesco group we are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues, who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

Job Description

- Developing and leading a high performing team, creating an environment for success by setting direction and coaching them to succeed through inspiring conversations every day. (Refer to the expectations of a manager at Tesco- the minimum standards) - Initiates and designs continuous improvements initiatives to drive performance within their teams - Accountable for achieving teams objectives, stakeholder management and escalation management. - Making decisions within policy and procedure framework to deliver business plans. -AI Assessment and Solution design: Lead AI-related projects, including building approach to develop AI models, and applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify AI opportunities. -Solution Architecture: Design innovative solutions that address complex business challenges. Create architectural blueprints, technical specifications, and implementation plans for projects. -Automation Discovery and Assessment: Conduct data and workshop led assessment to scope of automation in a business area leveraging AI, domain tools and emerging technologies -Designing prototype, POC, MVP and final products: Design minimum requirement to scale requirements -Design Thinking: Apply design thinking principles to identify user needs, define problem statements, and develop user-centred solutions. Lead workshops and brainstorming sessions to foster innovation. -Market Research: Conduct primary and secondary research on emerging technologies, industry trends, and competitive landscapes. Stay up to date with the latest developments in AI and related fields. -Solution Evaluation: Analyse available solutions and technologies in the market. Compare and assess the suitability of different product options to meet business objectives. -Technical Program Management: Design overall transformation plan for a function and program manage to deliver E2E service and results

Qualifications

• Stakeholder, Vendor & program management • Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), OCR-Computer Vision & emerging technologies • Basics of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning, Process Mining, API, UX- Experience • Data Visualization, Agile Methodologies, Design Thinking, Prototyping and Rapid Development Retail Domain Knowledge Knowledge of business area/function, wider business Advance Automation Anywhere Adv VBA,Adv Excel, Adv SQL, Project & Process Mapping Tools & Techniques Business Case and Benefits Management Setting up Process KPIs and SLAs CI Practitioner Certified CI Team Level Certification

Additional Information

Last date of application: 23rd Oct 2024

Important Notice: 

On behalf of Tesco Bengaluru, we must caution all job seekers and educational institutions that Tesco Bengaluru does not authorise any third parties to release employment offers or conduct recruitment drives via a third party. Hence, beware of inauthentic and fraudulent job offers or recruitment drives from any individuals or websites purporting to represent Tesco. Further, Tesco Bengaluru does not charge any fee or other emoluments for any reason (including without limitation, visa fees) or seek compensation from educational institutions to participate in recruitment events. 

Accordingly, please check the authenticity of any such offers before acting on them and where acted upon, you do so at your own risk. Tesco Bengaluru shall neither be responsible for honouring or making good the promises made by fraudulent third parties, nor for any monetary or any other loss incurred by the aggrieved individual or educational institution. 

In the event that you come across any fraudulent activities in the name of Tesco Bengaluru, please feel free report the incident at recruitment_compliance_india@tesco.com