Tesco
Location Planning Manager
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About the role
As a Location Planning Manager at Tesco, covering either the Midlands or North UK, you'll play a vital role in shaping the future of our estate and ensuring we're opening the right stores, in the right places, for the communities we serve.
You'll be responsible for leading location strategy, sales forecasting and investment recommendations across your geographical area, helping Tesco make informed decisions on new store openings, relocations, closures and property investments. Using customer insight, spatial data and market intelligence, you'll influence major property decisions and support Tesco's continued growth.
This is an exciting opportunity to work on high-profile projects, lead a team of forecasting specialists, and partner with senior stakeholders across Property, Acquisitions, Finance, Marketing and Data Analytics. Your work will directly influence where Tesco invests and help improve access to Tesco stores for customers and communities across the UK.
The Hiring Manager for this role is Danielle Donnellan.
You will be responsible for
- Leading the development of location strategies for new store openings, relocations, closures and extensions across your region.
- Owning catchment analysis, sales forecasting, impact modelling and investment recommendations to support robust property decisions.
- Supporting the Property approval process by delivering high-quality forecasts and recommendations within agreed timescales.
- Reviewing the performance of new stores and property investments, identifying learnings and incorporating them into future strategy.
- Driving strategic business projects that require locational and spatial insight, including potential acquisitions and growth opportunities.
- Using customer, demographic, competitor and market data to provide clear recommendations that support business objectives.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes, tools, systems and ways of working across the team.
- Presenting insights and recommendations confidently to senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Leading and developing a team of forecasting specialists.
- Building strong relationships with Property, Acquisitions, Finance, Marketing, Data Analytics and wider business teams.
- Acting as a trusted advisor on location-related matters and influencing strategic investment decisions.
- Maintaining a strong understanding of market trends, competitor activity and emerging retail propositions to ensure Tesco remains competitive.
- Communicating and building effective relationships with stakeholders across the business.
- Working closely with colleagues, sharing best practice and supporting a collaborative team culture.
- Using analytical thinking and innovation to identify opportunities and deliver continuous improvement.
- Owning projects and recommendations from initial analysis through to implementation.
- Supporting a diverse and inclusive culture.
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You will need
- Significant experience in Location Planning, Spatial Analysis, Property Analytics or a similar data-led strategic role.
- Experience leading, coaching or developing a team.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear commercial recommendations.
- Experience presenting to and influencing senior stakeholders.
- A strong understanding of locational, demographic and customer data.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercial awareness and confidence to challenge and guide strategic decisions.
- A collaborative approach and ability to build relationships across multiple business functions.
- A passion for using data to solve problems and shape long-term business strategy.
- Retail location planning experience.
- Experience using GIS tools such as ArcGIS.
- Experience using Alteryx for spatial analysis.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience working within Property, Retail, Acquisitions or strategic business planning functions.
- Experience managing forecasting, modelling or location planning teams.
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Whats 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 (12 months service required at the qualifying date) 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.
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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, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.
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