Range, Strategy and Performance Manager

About the roleThe Manager, Range Strategy and Performance will be accountable for the creation, ongoing development, execution and refinement of our Range and Micro Space Strategy and central Range and Micro space analytics.

You will identify key strategic opportunities for Range and Micro Space and build our future roadmap to deliver against these for each of our channels. You will work with key stakeholders, (Heads of CPG, Head of Category Management, Ranging Managers, Category Strategy Managers) across the business to align and communicate the strategy and opportunities, using the right data and insight, challenging and supporting others to deliver against the strategy and feed into future initiatives and support decision making and commercial planning.

You will review and measure the impact of the actions taken from your Strategic Direction to ensure that they are contributing and to learn for future strategic direction.

With in-depth knowledge and experience of Clustering, Ranging and Micro Space across different formats you will build and maintain positive relationships with other key teams and stakeholders and be able to facilitate, influence and lead teams to deliver the Strategic Range and Micro Space opportunities.

• Expected salary - £74,900 - £100,000 (dependent on experience). 

• Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract.

• Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team aim for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. 

• Location - This role is based at our Bracknell Head Office. 

• Car allowance and Private Medical cover come with this role

Key responsibilities 

You will lead, motivate and develop a team of Strategic Range and Cluster Analysts, who are responsible for interpreting the Range and Micro Space strategy and translating this to a strategic direction (medium and longer term) for a Category Proposition Group (CPG) and working in conjunction with the Ranging Managers to deliver the strategy and direction working alongside and supporting the Range Analyst and Space Planners. 

You will also be responsible for the ongoing development and execution of our central analytics, reporting and tools. Creating and developing our analytics suite of data for all levels of the Space, Range and Formats team; from a management scorecard, tracking and measuring our KPIs, to our layout group level reporting. You will ensure that we have the right data at the right time and this is embedded into our ways of working and the wider business as well as being fed into the Range and Micro Space Strategy and business planning.

Essential skills/experience you’ll need 

● Exceptional space and range knowledge across multiple formats, including managing/ improving Clustering, Ranging / Assortment and Micro Space. (Minimum of ten years)

● Experience in developing a short, medium and long term strategy, with the ability to think critically and strategically, with a focus on delivering results.

● Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data, find the “So What” and succinctly communicate this and make strategic recommendations

● Exceptional communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal

● Strong leadership and people development skills, with a proven track record of building and developing high performance teams

● Proven stakeholder management. Ability to establish strong cross-functional working relationships and influencing of senior Partners

● Excellent project management skills,with experience of leading cross-functional teams and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously  

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About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting. If required, you’ll find out more about vetting throughout the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.