Senior Location Planner

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: Wednesday 3rd July

Recruitment Partner: Lizzy Parfitt

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team of Location Planning experts who lead our store portfolio thinking and strategy. You will be based in our Nottingham Support Office with the need for some nationwide travel, so a full driving licence is required.

Sitting within the Estates function, the Location Planning team operate as valued consultants to the Boots business, working particularly closely with the Property, Group Strategy and Retail & Pharmacy Operation teams. They advise across a large, mature retail portfolio with significant opportunities to shape the future of the business.

As one of three Senior Location Planning Analysts within a supportive and collaborative team, you will be involved in the high-profile process of deciding where our stores are located and deliver sales forecasts to key decision makers. You will also take accountability for delivering a variety of location-related project work.

You will work cross-functionally to shape the Boots Portfolio Plan, assessing current locations, new sites, evaluating both pharmacy and retail sales opportunities across all our store formats, as well as competitor analysis.

To support you in your role you will use the team's Geographical Information System (GIS), wide-ranging ‘locational’ information, analysis, models and insights from our wealth of Advantage Card customer data.

What you’ll need to have

· Analytical experience in a commercial or academic research context

· Experience using GIS, Alteryx, APT, databases & spreadsheets

· Confidence in presenting insights to senior stakeholders, both verbally and written

· An ability to apply analysis in a business and commercial context

· The ability to work collaboratively as part of a team to deliver business objectives.

· Strong influencing skills

· Self-motivation and be results focussed with the ability to prioritise and deliver multiple concurrent projects to defined deadlines

· Good communication and be able to build effective relationships within the business and the external market

It would be great if you also have

· A commercial awareness

· Prior knowledge & experience of a retail environment

· Experience using some location/spatial analytical techniques

· A passion to learn and develop

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

What's next

If your application is successful, our recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you will be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

#LI-Onsite