Convenience Format and Principles Manager

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

The Convenience Format & Principles Manager will work with colleagues across the business to improve the Customer Shopping Trip and deliver the 'Best Store In Town' Blueprint. Aligning propositions and defining our convenience format plans and planning principles.

Hiring Manager: Elizabeth Storey

You will be responsible for

- Balancing customer, commercial, operational and shopping trip requirements, to quantify proposed changes to our formats and principles having obtained the appropriate data 

- Working with Proposition Managers to develop new concepts in line with the Best Store In Town strategy, supporting on proof of concepts, trials and standardisation of new kit/layouts to enable delivery of the Blueprint standard at scale 

- Acting as the conscience of the customer and colleagues to evolve format plans and improve them for the business whilst delivering against our ever evolving cost models to support our Save to Invest commitments 

- Taking the initiative, looking for opportunities where a positive change can be made for colleagues and customers, creating the brief and taking the idea through to completion 

- Supporting and developing a remote team to deliver world class format plans and planning principles 

- Raising awareness of store Blueprints by identifying opportunities to showcase work, hold masterclasses and develop a strong internal stakeholder map, garnering support as being the go to for all planning principle/blueprint queries 

- Having market awareness both in the UK and abroad, I know what is going on in my segment, bringing key findings to the team 

- Being a team player, I work within the Tesco Code of Conduct and live our values on a daily basis

You will need

- 2:1 degree or equivalent 

- Retail Planning experience including space planning and layout principles.

- Project Management experience with prior examples of leading processes end to end

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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