Layout Manager

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Boots is hiring a Layout Manager responsible for designing and optimizing store layouts to improve operational efficiency. This role involves leading a team, leveraging customer insights, and ensuring compliance with regulations while supporting commercial goals. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership skills and be adept at analysis and data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced leave pay for maternity/paternity/adoption

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to counselling through Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Strong background in store layout planning or visual merchandising.
• Ability to lead cross-functional layout initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Proven skills in building relationships with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage store layout plans using CAD and layout planning software.
• Lead a team of Layout Design Specialists.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and accessibility regulations.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Data-driven

Leadership

Retail operations understanding

Customer behaviour insight

Job description

Job Description

Closing date: 22 June 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matt Haywood - [e-mail]

About the role

The Layout Manager plays a crucial role in designing, planning, and optimising store layouts across our estate. This role is deeply embedded in business systems, processes, and cross-functional coordination-ensuring every layout supports commercial goals, operational efficiency, and the customer journey.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and manage store layout plans using CAD and layout planning software
• Lead a team of Layout Design Specialists, driving for continuous improvements and driving stretching KPI and development agendas
• Blend customer insight, commercial acumen and operational ease in order to deliver optimum customer journeys for our customers
• Utilise layout planning software including Blue Yonder and AutoCAD, and other internal systems
• Lead for collaboration across a wide cross-functional teams to ensure layout changes align with business processes
• Standardise layout templates and processes to ensure consistency across locations and differentiate by store Format where appropriate
• Drive process improvements in layout planning, from brief to execution
• Oversee the rollout of layout changes in conjunction with store key initiatives and seasonal planning teams
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and accessibility regulations

What you'll need to have

• A strong people leader, able to motivate and lead a diverse team with continuous improvement at its heart.
• Strong background in store layout planning, retail operations, or visual merchandising
• Solid understanding of retail systems and Customer behaviour
• Demonstrated ability to streamline and document layout-related processes
• Analytical and data-driven mindset with excellent attention to detail
• The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships with a variety of different senior stakeholders cross-functionally
• Able to embrace, endorse and positively react to change; leading for resilience across the team.
• Ability to lead cross-functional layout initiatives from concept to implementation

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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