Portfolio Planning Analyst

Co-op Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail cooperative in the UK is seeking a Portfolio Planning Analyst to join their Property team. This role focuses on developing clear investment and divestment strategies within the Funeralcare estate, ensuring properties are in optimal locations and meet community needs. Candidates should possess strategic thinking, strong communication skills, and experience in making recommendations. This is a remote role with occasional travel to sites and an annual salary ranging from £45,000 to £50,000, along with other benefits including a pension plan and coaching for career development.

Benefits

Annual bonus based on performance

28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service)

Pension with up to 10% employer contributions

Access to a subsidised onsite gym at our HQ

Training and career development support

Wagestream app for salary access

Qualifications

• Experience assessing options and making strategic recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence in engaging and influencing stakeholders.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support translating strategies into investment and divestment plans.
• Assess options for complex properties.
• Support delivery of care centre property strategy.
• Create future investment programmes with teams across Property.
• Ensure alignment of asset renewal with property strategy.
• Build relationships and communicate changes.
• Generate insights from investments.

Skills

Ability to distil complicated scenarios

Strategic thinking

Influencing stakeholders

Problem-solving

Job description

Portfolio Planning Analyst

£45,000 to £50,000 plus great benefits (Work level 6A)
Remote home-based role with travel to sites across the UK and occasional travel to our head office in Manchester.

We’re looking for a Portfolio Planning Analyst to join our Property team and help shape the future of our Co‑op Funeralcare estate. In this new role, you’ll turn property strategies into clear investment and divestment plans. Supported by data, you’ll use your judgement to assess options and identify solutions to overcome complex challenges, making decisions that shape our short and medium‑term property plans and having a tangible impact on our Funeralcare business.

Why this role matters

At Co‑op, we understand how important it is to provide the right environment for families during one of the most difficult times in their lives. This role plays a vital part in making sure our Funeralcare estate is located in the right locations, and that they are welcoming, respectful, and equipped to offer the best possible experience for our clients and colleagues. Every decision you make will help us create spaces that support dignity, care, and compassion when it matters most.

What you’ll do

• Support with translating branch‑by‑branch strategies into deliverable investment and divestment plans.
• Assess options and identify solutions for complex properties that align with our aspirational strategy.
• Support the delivery of our care centre property strategy.
• Work with the Head of Portfolio Planning and teams across Property to create future investment programmes (e.g., PAR, UPAR, refits, branch refresh, closures).
• Make sure asset renewal and lease renewal activity aligns with our property strategy.
• Build relationships and influence local Operations Managers, communicating changes clearly.
• Review and generate insights from investments, sharing findings with key partners.

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience assessing options and making strategic recommendations. You might have a background in property, funeralcare, finance or another field that required you to problem‑solve and work with partners to agree the best commercial recommendations.
• Ability to distil complicated scenarios into simple conclusions via strong written and verbal communication.
• Confidence in engaging and influencing stakeholders.
• A strategic thinker and commercially aware.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure, showing tenacity and resilience when handling complex priorities.

Why Co‑op?

At Co‑op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We’re also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we’ll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. We’ll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate. You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process. You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co‑op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity & Inclusion.

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you’ll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you’re a current Co‑op colleague, this does not need to be completed.