Space Manager - Part Time - 3 Days Per Week

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:

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

You will need:

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

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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. Click Here to find out more!

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:

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We're a big business with diverse working patterns and many business areas which means that we can find something that works for you. Everyone is welcome at Tesco.

We have recently announced that we will be moving towards a more blended working week – combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate. Please talk to us to about how this can work for you.

NOTE: Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details on your agreed start date.

We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please visit https://www.tesco-careers.com/accessibility