Location Planner: Argos

Sainsbury’s Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Pension scheme

Life cover

Performance bonus up to 20%

Job summary

Argos is a digital-led UK retailer seeking a Location Planner to use catchment data, market intelligence and commercial insight to decide where to open, invest and grow stores across the UK. You'll collaborate with the Property team and external partners to turn complex data into clear recommendations for board-level decisions.

Experience in location planning, GIS or retail analytics is desirable, with strong Excel and data visualization skills to support decision making and investment

Qualifications

• Experience in location planning, property or estate strategy, retail analytics, GIS or a related analytical discipline.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to turn demographic, customer, competitor and retail performance data into evidence based recommendations.
• A solid grasp of catchment analysis, market sizing, geographic coverage and customer demand, with the commercial awareness to judge investment opportunities.
• Experience in multi site retail expansion or estate optimisation, including site selection, store formats and new store acquisition.
• Experience building sales forecasts, investment appraisals or business cases, and analysing how new openings affect the existing estate.

Responsibilities

• Producing accurate, evidence led sales forecasts and board papers for new stores, extensions, trade transfers and existing store investments.
• Running catchment analysis to spot gaps in market coverage, untapped headroom and incremental sales opportunities.
• Recommending the right size, format and offer for new stores and extensions, backed by a robust network plan.
• Combining customer, digital, competitor and store performance insight to shape location recommendations.
• Contributing location planning expertise to lease renewals, store trials, post investment reviews and board papers.
• Owning the requirements for, and effective use of, our data, models and analytical tools. You'll work with internal teams and external partners to deliver market leading location planning.
• Managing external data and analytical partners with clear briefs, strong quality control and real value from their expertise.
• Partnering with the wider Property team to assess the commercial viability of new and existing sites across the UK.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Numerical skills

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

Data visualisation tools

GIS

Job description

At Argos, we're a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation, you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world's biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future. Every great store starts with a great decision about where to put it. As our Location Planner, you'll make those decisions. You'll use catchment data, market intelligence and commercial insight to work out where Argos should open, invest and grow, and where we can serve more customers. Your recommendations will go into our estate strategy and board level decisions. They'll shape how millions of customers shop with us. You'll work closely with the Property team and with external data partners. You'll turn complex data into clear, confident advice that moves the business forward. If you love finding the story in the numbers and seeing your work turn into real stores on real high streets, this role is for you.

• Producing accurate, evidence led sales forecasts and board papers for new stores, extensions, trade transfers and existing store investments.
• Running catchment analysis to spot gaps in market coverage, untapped headroom and incremental sales opportunities.
• Recommending the right size, format and offer for new stores and extensions, backed by a robust network plan.
• Combining customer, digital, competitor and store performance insight to shape location recommendations.
• Contributing location planning expertise to lease renewals, store trials, post investment reviews and board papers.
• Owning the requirements for, and effective use of, our data, models and analytical tools. You'll work with internal teams and external partners to deliver market leading location planning.
• Managing external data and analytical partners with clear briefs, strong quality control and real value from their expertise.
• Partnering with the wider Property team to assess the commercial viability of new and existing sites across the UK. You'll keep your knowledge of the retail landscape and population trends up to date.

Experience in location planning, property or estate strategy, retail analytics, GIS or a related analytical discipline.

Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to turn demographic, customer, competitor and retail performance data into evidence based recommendations.

A solid grasp of catchment analysis, market sizing, geographic coverage and customer demand, with the commercial awareness to judge investment opportunities.

Experience in multi site retail expansion or estate optimisation, including site selection, store formats and new store acquisition.

Experience building sales forecasts, investment appraisals or business cases, and analysing how new openings affect the existing estate.

Confidence with Excel and with data visualisation, mapping or analytical tools, backed by attention to detail and structured problem solving.

The ability to explain complex analysis clearly to non technical stakeholders and influence decisions.

Familiarity with the Argos business model, including standalone stores, concessions, digital fulfilment and customer collection (desirable).

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new - whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we'll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

• Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.