Location Strategy Analyst - Europe

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Senior Talent Acquisition Executive @ JD Sports | Recruitment for UK & Europe

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives
The position offers an exciting opportunity to support the expansion of Group’s store network across Europe. Your primary responsibility will be to provide detailed market analysis and accurate sales forecasts, to ensure that capital investment is targeted at opportunities that deliver optimum returns. In addition you will also undertake a wide range of location and consumer related project work.

• Job Title – Location Strategy & Insight Analyst – Europe
• Location – JD Group, Hollins Brook Way, Pilsworth, BL9 8RR.
• Working hours – 40 Hours Per Week – hours of work will be flexible (minimum of 80% of working hours office based – subject to travel) and dictated by the needs of the business. It is expected that the successful applicant will work those hours necessary to successfully fulfil the duties of the role.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of the JD Europe property strategy.
• Prepare the business case (including catchment, demographic, competition, site visit, and detailed sales forecasts) for all store investment opportunities within your designated market area.
• Travel to gain in-depth, on the ground knowledge of the store estate and retail hierarchy.
• Work with the Data team to maintain and analyse key spatial databases (ie. loyalty card/mobile/survey, footfall, in-house Retail Venue rankings, analogue models) to identify key drivers of store performance.
• Explore and support the development of sales forecasting techniques.
• Undertake post investment analysis to refine store network plan and future assessments.
• Promote the use of spatial, consumer and online insight across business functions.
• Support the Location Strategy team with ad hoc fieldwork, market research and analysis across all existing and target territories.

Position Requirements

• Strong passion for data, spatial analysis, site selection and/or sales forecasting.
• Experience of working within a Retail or Consultancy location planning team or relevant degree in Geography, GIS, Business, Economics, Data Analysis.
• Understanding of location planning techniques and geo-demographics.
• Comfortable with the application of spatial analytical tools such as GIS (Ie. ARC, QGIS) and Alteryx.
• Ability to communicate (both written & verbal) cross-functionally and to a wide variety of audiences.
• Proven spatial and analytical skills, with strong attention to detail.
• High level of self motivation, with ability to work within a team and independently.
• Willingness to travel.
• Knowledge of UK, European or International retail markets.
• For this role you would need a full driving licence and a valid Passport

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
Thank you for your time
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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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