Job Description
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 30th March
Recruitment Partner: Shannon Linton
What you’ll be doing
You’ll lead the engagement and management of relationships with the retail teams, primarily Director of Stores, Area and Store Managers. You’ll provide the one point of contact for queries on the store layout in a given region / project. You will manage the store development plan for a given geographical location taking accountability for production of the customer focussed layout and commercial viability for all store investment schemes.
*This role covers South of England, candidates will need to travel within this region on a regular basis
Key responsibilities
* Provide a point of contact for retail colleagues, demonstrating expertise for retail colleagues, regarding customer offer.
* Produce a high standard CAD layout that aligns to the store specific brief.
* Produce Macro and Micro layouts that show space blocking for senior sign off.
* Engage with the Store Development Manager and other central stakeholders to agree on the right solution where brief and scope can’t be met.
* Provide store layout outputs, commercial benefits and local insights to support desktop value case for any given store.
* Provide Store Development Field Manager with valid and valued challenge to given scope.
* Provide wider Store Development team with how does store fit in its market, what context is the store operating in, what are the footfall drivers.
* Review and learn from intervention activity to influence the wider team and future schemes.
What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)
* Commercial Awareness
* Confident Communication Skills: 1 to 1 and group engagement - impact and influence
* Numerate & Analytical: Understanding of proposition value case and how a change in store is delivered
* Problem Solving: Trade off competing priorities, be proactive in seeking solutions
* Spatial Awareness: Able to translate a 2D layout into a 3D customer offer
* Confident Self Starter and Leader in development of a project
* Understanding of Retail operations ideally first hand (Significant Trading / Stores experience)
* Clean Driving Licence as widespread travel
* CAD (Computer-Aided Design) skill would be an advantage but not essential as training can be provided
Rewards designed for you
* 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 option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
* Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
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A bit about us
At Boots, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we’re committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.
What’s next
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. 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.
We hope to hear from you soon.
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