Range & Space Performance Specialist

B&Q Limited; Chandler's Ford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer seeks a Range & Space Performance Specialist to enhance in-store sales through data analysis and reporting. The role involves developing analytics tools, measuring performance, and collaborating with category teams. Ideal candidates have retail data analysis experience, strong Excel skills, and effective communication abilities across all levels. Competitive salary and an attractive benefits package including a pension scheme and generous holiday are offered, along with career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

6.6 weeks holiday

Pension scheme

Bonus

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience working within retail, within a commercial data analysis role.
• Highly proficient user of Excel to simplify complex data sources.
• Competent communicator to stakeholders of all levels to justify a view backed up with data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy range and space data analytics and reporting.
• Execute delivery of robust processes to improve in-store sales.
• Measure success of range and space changes with recommendations.
• Manage integrity of data within analysis tools.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Stakeholder communication

Retail experience

Planogram management

Tools

JDA

Job description

Overview

Range & Space Performance Specialist

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

£35-45k+ Bonus + Pension + PMI +ShareSave+ 6.6 weeks holiday

Southampton, Store Support Office (3 days a week in office)

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Range & Space Specialist and you’ll be a big part of this.

What's the job?

Working as a key part of the Range, Space & Channel Planning team to develop and deploy range and space data analytics and reporting, producing robust analysis on category space and range performance to drive the optimum matrix and distribution of our planogrammed areas across the estate. The role supports the range change, format development and property programmes.

• Execute the delivery of robust processes and effective tools to understand the performance of range & space, recommending actionable change to improve our in-store sales and stock utilisation.
• Measure the success of range and space changes against commercially led parameters, delivering recommendations for improvements.
• Identify, improve and innovate tools to enable accurate analysis of Macro and Micro Space and to develop range assortments that distribute our products in the optimal way that will meet our commercial targets and the expectation of our customers in all formats.
• Develop a network of advocates in the Category teams and wider Commercial Planning function.
• Manage the integrity of the data within our analysis tools and recommend improvements to processes to ensure tools are as accurate as possible
• Support the Format Development & Property teams with Blueprint and Store Format projects by providing Macro & Micro Space analysis and recommendations to create new stores that meet budget and sales density targets.
• You will work with category teams to effectively deliver product and merchandising updates that successfully improve our proposition and profitability.
• You will supports Visual Merchandising and Planogramming so that our planograms are optimised for sales to be met through stock levels that allow our store teams to maintain stock levels in store against agreed replenishment cycles.

What we need:

• Proven experience working within retail, within a commercial data analysis role.
• Highly proficient user of Excel to simplify complex data sources.
• Competent communicator to stakeholders of all levels to justify a view backed up with data to support it
• Advantageous to have experience of planogram & space management tools (JDA preferred)

What's in it for me?

As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!

As part of a great team, you’ll be supported to grow and encouraged to explore new career directions within the business and the wider group. And, because you’ll be inspiring great things for our customers and the whole business, you’ll do work worth caring about.