Space Strategy Analyst

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 the role

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to craft the way we use our space at Tesco? Do you want to work cross-functionally to land key business initiatives? Are you proficient in analytical problem-solving, strong in communication, and skilled in planning? If so, you’d be a great fit for this role in our team!

The opportunity has never been greater than our customers demand more flexibility in the way they shop!

The team resolve mix of space we give to product groups in our stores based on individual store performance, business strategy, customer demographic and market trends. We also own the principles for how we layout these product groups out in store

You will be responsible for

• Delivering Range Changes and space impacting projects
• Developing creative solutions, underpinned by robust data, to advise decisions and deliver tangible benefits in an ambitious market.
• Understanding how the retail industry works, across all channels and the impact this has on our space in store, alongside existing and emerging market trends.
• Focussing on how we can deliver the best offer for customers whilst improving our £/sq.ft. return
• Collaborating with category teams to help understand where space needs to play a role in delivering the commercial strategy.
• Working closely with the team in Tesco Business Services (TBS, India) to maintain high quality floor plans that meet our principles to ensure the best shopping trip for customers; delivered in a timely fashion.
• Influencing a competing and broad set of partners across Commercial, Customer and Supply Chain Delivering space recommendations for projects, range changes and property development work.
• Presenting clearly and able to flex your style, framing the complexity in simple engaging language to facilitate decision making.
• Crafting and maintaining Space tools for you and the wider team to help make data based decisions.

You will need

• Commercial competence.
• Numerically strong and have an analytical approach.
• Able to communicate sophisticated data led recommendations clearly with business focus.
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to turn abstract ideas into deliverable solutions.
• Energised by change, demonstrating a positive approach and ability to think on your feet.
• Project management experience– able to plan, coordinate, prioritise, think creatively, pay attention to the details and articulate impacts of change.
• Solid understanding of Excel and PowerPoint required, experience with SQL or Python would also be helpful.
• Experience within Supply Chain, Commercial or Space, Range & Merchandising/Stock Control with a track record of results is a bonus.

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About us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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