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About the role
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to shape the way we use our space at Tesco? Do you want to work cross-functionally to land key business initiatives? Are you a strategic thinker, an analytical problem solver, and a great communicator? If so, you'd be a great fit for this role in our team.
The opportunity has never been greater as our customers demand more flexibility in the way they shop.
The team decide the 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 determine 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 inform decisions and deliver tangible benefits in a challenging 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. Focus on how we can deliver the best offer for customers whilst improving our £/sq.ft. return
• Collaborate with category teams to help the understand where space needs to play a role in delivering the commercial strategy
• Work 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
• Influencing a competing and broad set of stakeholders across Commercial, Customer and Supply Chain Delivering space recommendations for projects, range changes and property development work
• Communicating clearly and able to flex your style, framing the complexity in simple engaging language to facilitate decision making
• Energised by change, demonstrating positive approach and ability to think on your feet

You will need
• Commercial acumen. Numerically strong and analytical approach. Able to communicate complex data led recommendations clearly with business focus.
• Excellent problem solving skills with the ability to turn abstract ideas into deliverable solutions
• Project management - able to plan, organise, re-prioritise, think creatively, pay attention to the details and articulate impacts of change
• Strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint required, experience with SQL or Python would also be beneficial
• Experience within Supply Chain, Commercial or SRM with a track record of results is a bonus #LI-HA1
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What's in it for you
We offer excellent benefits that help make Tesco a great place to work! These include but are not limited to:
• Annual bonus scheme
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• LifeAssurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 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
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award winningtraining, to help you achieve the job and career you want Click Here to read more about the benefits we have available for our colleagues

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 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 click here .
We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to usabout how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.