Production/Operations
The job of this area depends on whether the business produces a good or a service. If it is a good, then someone has to make it. To do that you need equipment, materials and good planning to make sure everything gets done properly. You also need to make sure that what is produced meets the quality standards that customers expect.
If the business produces a service then, again, it has to be planned, monitored, organised and delivered. The production/operations department carries out these tasks.
Finance and Accounts
This department looks after all the money in the business. The money the department receives is from customer sales and from the government for public sector organisations.
When the business is using the money, it is mainly for the purchase of:
- Equipment
- Raw Materials
- Wages
- Insurance
- Taxes
Tesco
Business Development
This involves seeing what can be changed in the business. It includes looking into the countries with Tesco stores and working out what can be changed in order for the business to work better than the way it is working at the moment, what improvements can be given out. To do so, the business carries out research and surveys which include registered customers on the website to share their thoughts with what could be changed for the future sales of Tesco.
Commercial Clothing
Tesco is third largest selling clothing retailer. They had sold 20% more clothes last year than the year before. They had managed to make just over £750 million through their leading clothes brand Florence + Fred and Cherokee.
Commercial Food
Tesco first started off as a food retailer. Over the years they have evolved and have begun to sell products from clothes to electronics. Tesco’s has a process where by they improve the prices of their products through working in partnership with the bosses and the suppliers.
Commercial Non-Food Hardlines
The growth of the Tesco business is increasing almost every year by just about 13%. Tesco’s is ever more interested in continuing to expand the business and adding more and more food varieties and more products from flat screen TV’s to Bikes and Scooters.
Corporate & Legal Affairs
In this department, it involves advising on policy and communication. It also involves organising events such as key conferences and influence events. The team of the Corporate & Legal Affairs department keep staff and the stakeholders and even registered customers up to date with recent changes and business developments. With the customers, they mention all the special offers being put up from food to insurance.
Across the UK, Tesco advertises their food using TV Advertising, Press Ads, and outdoor campaigns. Tesco’s in also involved in the charity The Red Cross.
Corporate Purchasing
Tesco’s has a system that tracks down every penny they have managed to save and they use it re-invest the money back into product quality and price cuts. The main reason for doing so is to help Tesco get cheaper. This is done by spending around £2.8 billion every year.
Finance
A finance team plays an important part of a business operation. This involves dealing with cash flow and budgeting and financial and management reporting. They compare accounts and prepare company reports. They also deal with company taxation and group reporting.
Group Security & Loss Prevention
Tesco’s protects the company’s assets, creating a safe and secure environment for customers and staff. Tesco’s believes that prevention is better than cure. This is why they choose to put as much as they can into creating a crime catch out of their operations, and working closely with the local community to gain their trust.
Information Technology
Technology with Tesco’s helps to bring customers closer to the experience of shopping. Through technology, Tesco’s has delivery programs and many more through being able to trade on the internet and over the phone. Tesco’s also have created many other processes of purchasing your goods, such as the self scan checkout. This helps you to scan your own products on the machine created and pay in the slot given without assistance or having to queue up.
Operation Developments
This is the operating model of the business assuring everything goes according and picking out areas of improvement it is also about using your skills for situations like problem solving which is normally dealt with either the department itself or involving management.
Personnel
The role of Personnel is to make sure deals and values of products come through for customers and that policies, processes etc come through.
Property
The look of a Tesco’s store is important for both colleagues and customers. I Property, their jobs are to design, build, manage and maintain to assets of the portfolio they have of Tesco stores.
Telecoms & Tesco Mobile
Tesco Mobile is now available in almost 700 Tesco stores, including Tesco Metro.
Tesco Telecom can be a confusing department due to tariffs, brands and networks and devices, however over the years, Tesco’s has won many awards because of the Telecoms and Tesco Mobile department.
Tesco Personal Finance
Tesco Personal Finance is one of the fastest growing finance businesses and is teamed up with The Royal Bank of Scotland. They made £205 million in 2005 and have 5 million customers. There role is to help promote their range of financial products.
Tesco.com
This team controls the online shopping ability for customers and update the website, new deals customers shopping online. Tesco.com operates in three continents including the United States of America in a joint venture with Safeway Inc.
UK Support Office
The role of the Support office is to stay in contact with all the UK Tesco stores and support their 250 000 working staff to make changes to reach their aim of following their logo: Every Little Helps. They provide a variety of activities, e.g. launching a new clothes range, training programmes for those training for a particular role in the Tesco businesses.
Heinz
Sales Department
The Sales Department at Heinz brings much responsibility. You need to have management experience and skills so you are able to take on some big challenges. This role includes visits to Heinz’s manufacturing operation, store visits, and sales training courses to see how everything is going on. This department entitles you to be involved with projects across wholesale and retail. This helps you to gain some understanding and knowledge from two diverse aspects of the market. Projects undergone in the department include re-laying stores (wholesaler & retailer), ordering stock for customers, presenting new products and running trade shows.
Sales and Marketing Department
It allows you to gain cross functional experience which will be of great benefit to your career. You become fully involved in building the brand strategy and shaping the marketing plans. You have to work with the Heinz soup brand and have the opportunity to assist the New Product Development team. This teaches a lot and you have a more clear understanding about market research, packaging design and photography.
Accounting/Finance Department
The role in Finance is to create a Profits and Loss account for the New Product Development team. Working alongside various departments is part of the job description. Feeling a sense of achievement is one thing you will feel when working in finance when knowing that a product you have worked on has finally reached the shelves in shops all around the country.
Human Resources Department
The role in HR Manager is to provide generalist support and advice on all HR related matters to a number of departments at Hayes Park. You become involved in recruitment, training & development, employee reward and employee relations. A job in the HR department at Heinz offers the prospect to be involved in all aspects of HR. It provides the opportunity to fully understand both the business and HR practices in order to deliver effective solutions to maximise business performance.
Customer Services
This position is responsible for price and promotional deals processes. In order to work in the department, you are required to have a Bachelor’s degree in business or finance and you are also expected to have excellent computer skills and there are plenty other qualifications you need to have to be able to apply for this job. You also need to have professional phone skills to deal with calling in customers or to call customers.
Supply Chain/Supply Product
To work in this department you:
- Must demonstrate attention to detail
- Must adhere to project timelines and deadlines
- Knowledge of the six sigma problem solving methodology is a plus
The department requires meeting deadlines including aims and objective. Analysing statistics is one of the main things the department does for everything to be in order.
Commercial Department
In this department, you work closely with Finance, Sales, and Trade Marketing to analyse, forecast, and report the funds the team use for consumer promotions.
You have contact with other areas of the business which enabled you to get a much broader understanding of the way the other departments and the company as a whole operates.
Research/Product Development Department
By working with this department, you are involved in a number of roles which include:
• Idea generation for new recipes/products.
• Taking ideas through the development kitchen, pilot plant and factory stages.
• Project management.
• Research and Innovation.
The work in the department is challenging. It involves both individual and teamwork to a complete a project or task.