ESSENTIAL SKILLS YOU’LL NEED:

• Demonstrates an understanding of physical estate retail in particular the thought and consideration required to plan effective customer journeys and experience.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills, including the ability to work across various data platforms and methodologies, E.g. Excel and Google platforms
• Excellent planning, organisation and orchestration skills.
• Strong Commercial awareness.

DESIRABLE SKILLS YOU MAY HAVE:

• Experience in a trading and/or branch role is an advantage

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Micro Space Analyst & Planner, you will play a critical role supporting the Space Planning team to deliver change that maximises the income generated from the shop estate. Ensuring effective and customer centric use of space and layout to convert footfall into sales whilst optimising profitable outcome of each shop through judicious allocation of space to each department. Allied to both insight and feasibility; exploring the potential of change, and delivering change through planning and stakeholder engagement activity.

• Full Partnership salary range - £35,600 - £53,300
• Expected salary - Up to £45,600 (dependent on experience)
• Contract type - This position is a 6 month Secondment/Fixed Term contract
• Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you’ll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Space Planning team aims for 3 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings.
• Location - This role is based at our Pimlico Head Office campus. Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to the office is the responsibility of the successful candidate. There is no travel allowance for this role. There is also a responsibility to visit our John Lewis branches when necessary. You will be able to claim travel expenses for these journeys.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Custodian of the accuracy of our Branch Master Plans and associated data including the data hierarchy. Orchestrating the half yearly audit of CAD plans; overseeing the critical path and collaboration with branch CWCs; including training the audit process and CAD plan software. Driving continuous improvement; in particular ensuring centrally planned change is incorporated into the Master Plans in a timely manner.
• Highly influential within the Space Planning team. As a group, the DSMs have excellent visibility of the team’s operation when it comes to delivering change and will drive continuous improvement to ways of working; ensuring our products and processes are reliable and efficient whilst sustaining integrity & trust.
• Supporting the strategic direction of the physical estate; in particular for assortment and associated product services. Marshalling data and conducting analysis to surface lessons learnt from changes to the estate and surfacing insight to further optimise space allocation.
• Effective delivery of change; ensuring the space and fixture architecture is fit for purpose and supports a credible and compelling product range in accordance with presentation standards.