As an Estate Space Planning Lead, your primary focus will be optimising performance of merchandising space within the retail estate. You will work closely with various stakeholders across Consumer including the Trading, Commercial, Go To Market & Terminals teams to understand different initiatives and how we deliver performance in the Retail Channel. 

You will be working with a variety of Retail stakeholders from our Retail Advisers to the Head of Consumer Sales. You will represent our 4,500 front line retail colleagues and ensure their voice is heard within HQ and that their opinions are taken into account when decisions are made that impact the channel. You will be the specialist for in-store execution and planograms to maximise performance across the Retail Channel including handsets, accessories and delivery of manufacturer sponsored space projects. 

What will you be doing? 
  

• Review Retail opportunities to drive Direct Market Share as part of the Consumer strategy through in-store execution.
• Ensure planograms for specific store formats are completed for implementation across the estate.
• Manage all Sponsored furniture, planograms and associated reporting. The role is key to maximising our commercial return of sponsored space in our stores and managing our relationships with external agencies and other areas of the business to deliver significant investment in Vodafone.
• Work closely with our Channel Marketing Team to ensure POS alignment and effective implementation across the Estate.
• Be point of expertise for retail performance implementation for handset and accessory planograms. 
• Work cross functionally with Trading, Commercial, Marketing, GTM & Terminals to deliver projects to optimise retail performance.
• Work with all retail team functions to support plans and performance in retail estate.
• Represent Retail when agreeing approach to in channel implementation of product & proposition launches.
• Work closely with Divisional, Regional & Store Managers to plan implementation of projects.
• Continually review the way we use retail store micro space and identify opportunities to improve the execution for our customers, manufacturers and store teams.
• Continually review and suggest refinements for our handset performance reporting and insight to ensure we maximise product location performance in our retail estate.
• Work with Retail team to ensure performance elements are built into weekly communications.
• Prepares plan overview of activities and recovery plans to engage senior retail stakeholders.
• Communications to be accurate & timely and focus on outputs.
• Own POS related weekly communications to the Estate.

Who are we looking for?  

• Strong planning and organisational skills. Ability to work cross functionally and alone.
• Must possess the ability to interpret data and use to create action-orientated objectives.
• Ability to use Customer and Market insight to understand links to space performance.
• Have a good eye for detail and experience of store merchandising.
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) with an ability to engage at all levels up to Heads of Function.
• Customer facing or indirect partner channel experience. 
• Structured approach to business planning and implementation.

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Good working knowledge of Outlook, Word, Access & Excel

What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive and flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family. From our market-leading parental leave policies through to employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes we are committed to supporting you throughout your career with Vodafone.

 
Together we can

Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.

Posting End Date: Monday 11th April 

Vodafone UK’s blended working approach means you’ll come to your contracted hub location office as and when needed to get things done for your role and for tasks that require it, otherwise you will be able to work from home. Our ‘Office in a Box’ home-working kit will be available for all who need it during your onboarding journey.