Space Manager - Part Time - 3 Days Per Week

ENGINEERINGUK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Space Manager to join a dynamic team focused on enhancing retail space and merchandising strategies. In this role, you will collaborate with various departments, utilizing data to optimize store layouts and improve customer experiences. You will lead projects, engage with senior leaders, and contribute to a vibrant team culture. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment that values innovation and inclusivity. If you are passionate about retail and have a knack for building relationships, this could be the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Maternity and adoption leave

Free virtual GP service

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional projects and teams.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially in Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Support the Lead Space Manager in delivering space changes.
• Build positive relationships with key customers and teams.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Project Management

Relationship Building

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Job description

About the role
We have an exciting opportunity here in the Space, Range and Merchandising Team for a Space Manager to join a collaborative and supportive team!

You'll be working alongside our Property, Retail & Commercial colleagues supporting the delivery of high quality space changes across the estate.

You will be responsible for delivering floor plan updates across the relevant programmes in line with the critical path. It is key that you are great at building relationships, and have great organisation skills.

You will be responsible for:

1. Supporting the Lead Space Manager in delivering space changes across the relevant programmes in line with the critical path.
2. Building positive relationships with key customers across Property, Product, TBS, SRM, Business Support and Customer teams to enable successful implementation.
3. Collaborating with Retail, including store directors, throughout (including spending time in stores) to ensure engagement.
4. Using a variety of data sources to make your decisions for each store.
5. Finding opportunities to improve flows and adjacencies to ensure simplicity for both colleagues and customers.
6. Ensuring that all space changes land below the space variation target working with Retail and Property to resolve any discrepancies.
7. Commercial awareness of the broader business strategy and the impact this could have on SRM and the projects we work on.
8. Understanding how the retail industry works, across all channels, and the impact this has in store, alongside existing and emerging market trends.
9. Actively learning and looking for improvements to our processes to ensure we get better year on year.
10. Supporting with trials and actively participate in idea generation and refinement.
11. Providing relevant and timely updates to senior partners.
12. Representing SRM as a whole where trade off decisions are made.
13. Maintaining the vibrant and inclusive culture within the team and wider SRM.

You will need:

1. Passion for Space, Range and Merchandising.
2. Understanding store layouts and the customer shopping trips.
3. Experience leading cross-functional pieces of work.
4. Strong Microsoft Office skills in particular use of Excel and PowerPoint.
5. Ability to deliver sophisticated projects in line with an agreed critical path.
6. Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with a broad group of partners.
7. Ability to engage and influence partners optimally.
8. Previous experience communicating at senior leader level and presenting expertly to Directors and senior managers including writing papers, presentations and slide decks.
9. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
10. Working in a store environment (helpful but not crucial).

What's in it for you?
We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work.
• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

About Us
You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, don't let that hold you back from applying.