Space Strategy Analyst

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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What's in it for you:

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

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 us:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility