The SLA are delighted to be supporting Red Tiger Talent with their third Salary Survey. We are promoting the Location Planning & Customer Insight Practitioners’ Survey of Salary and Benefits 2020 and hope that we can get as many of you to complete it as we can. The results will be shared with all participants.
Read moreThe International Property Research team at Tesco is responsible for creating, bringing together and communicating insight and foresight on customers, stores and the market, at a strategic, network and local level. It’s at the forefront of driving growth across all our International businesses by playing a key role in optimising our Property Investments.
The International Analysis Manager plays an influential role in driving, supporting and enabling our in-country teams in Europe and Asia, to fulfill the objective of providing insight to guide both property and wider business strategy.
This will involve:
To succeed in this role you’ll need:
In addition it’s an advantage if you have:
Please send all CVs to Octavia.Zaccardelli@uk.tesco.com and tell them you heard about it here first.
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JD Sports Fashion Plc is an international multi-channel retailer operating over 800 stores under a number of fascia.
The JD Site Research team are recruiting for an International Site Research Analyst to join their busy and expanding department at Head Office in Bury. The position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the group’s future store network across Europe. Your primary responsibility will be to provide detailed and accurate sales forecasts to ensure that capital investment is targeted at opportunities that deliver the optimum return. In addition you will also undertake a wide range of location and consumer related project work.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
For this role you would need a full driving licence and a valid passport.
If you are interested in joining the team then please forward a covering letter and a copy of your CV to:
Alastair Browne
Group Head of Site Research & Strategic Insight
alastair.browne@jdplc.com
Closing Date for applications is Friday 5th February.
A permanent vacancy has arisen for a Location Analyst, based at SGBD Ltd.
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD Ltd) is predominately based in the UK and Ireland and has just under 12,000 employees across over 1000 sites – some of the best known and respected companies in the construction sector are part of the Group. In SGBD, we recognise that it is our people who set us apart, and we are always searching for talented, motivated and committed individuals who will help to ensure our continued growth and success in the future.
Previous experience of using GIS software either during degree or in employment is ideally required, although training will be provided to the dedicated GIS software.
Reporting to the Market Insight & Strategy Manager, the purpose of this role is to provide location analysis, recommendations and intelligence to 1,000 existing properties across multiple brands, and support new developments.
The ideal candidate would hold a degree in a numerate discipline preferably economics, geography or statistics, have sound IT skills and experience of using Excel, Access and Powerpoint.
The key duties of this position are:
You will have excellent analytical skills and the ability to prioritise and to communicate effectively. Attention to detail and accuracy is a must. The ability to work on own initiative and as well as being a team player is essential.
Above all an interest in the built environment, economics, demographics and applying this knowledge commercially will go a long way.
On top of a very rewarding career with a company that will always be committed to your development, you can look forward to a competitive salary, company bonus scheme, share options, company pension scheme, life assurance, staff discounts and various flexible benefits.
Suitably qualified applicants should apply with a full CV, salary details and cover letter to: Nick Snazell, Market Insight & Strategy Manager, email: nick.snazell@sgbd.co.uk
Please quote that you heard about it here on the SLA website.
Closing date for applications is 31st December 2015
It became apparent after last night’s SLA meeting that many of you don’t know what the Jon Walker Awards are all about. They’ve been running now for 4 years and this year will bring us our fifth winner but we need you, our members, to support the awards for them to continue. The award is really important to us at The Society of Location Analysis for a number of reasons.
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Salary: Excellent Salary and Benefit package
Responsible to: Nick Deeks, Director of International Real Estate
Location: UK Home Office, Hartspring Lane, Watford, Herts WD25 8JS
A vacancy currently exists within the Property team at our UK Home Office for a Location Analyst to take the lead in assisting us to identify new sites for warehouse openings across the UK and Europe.
Costco currently utilises CACI location planning consultancy to assist in making location decisions. We are keen to bring the function in house and to begin to fully utilise the value of the systems and data we possess in support of our expansion plans.
The appointed candidate will help us to understand the sales potential of new sites utilising a range of GeoDemographic and consumer data. In addition, the candidate will create formal reports for review by the Board to assist in making key expansion decisions across the UK and Europe.
In addition to office based analysis you will be required to travel from time to time to proposed sites to qualify their potential on the ground. This will include France and Spain to support Costco’s intended expansion.
We would also be keen to apply the selected candidate’s GeoDemographic analysis skills to assist the Marketing Department to ensure we are reaching our target audience.
The ideal candidate will possess solid analytical skills gained ideally through a couple of years working experience within a location planning or analysis environment but not necessarily limited to retail, as we are keen to consider candidates who possess the key GeoDemographic analysis skills from a range of backgrounds.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a location planning/analysis professional, who is looking to progress their career to join a well-recognised organisation and to help shape the site research and location analysis strategy.
To apply for this vacancy please email your CV to Pam Broadhurst, HR Admin Assistant at Costco Wholesale UK Limited on pbroadhurst@costco.co.uk
Welcome to the August 2013 SLA Newsletter. We have had a very successful series of events so far this year in June and July so if you haven’t yet managed to attend there is still a packed programme to choose from:
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This is your chance to be part of something a bit different.
You’ll be part of helping our customers feel good, every day.
With big plans for the future, we want to be the best Pharmacy led health and beauty retailer in the UK, and your attention to detail will help us achieve this – and we think that’s a great opportunity.
Location is everything to our customers, it affects how they shop and how good we make them feel. It’s not just about expanding as a business but reaching our customers and offering them a variety of fantastic services, and considering how they access them. With over 2,500 stores all over the UK, we’re always striving to do more for our customers – and that’s where you come in.
Joining our Location Planning team you’ll help choose where our new stores should be, demonstrating the benefits of the location, and how it will make our customers feel good. Presenting your own sales forecasts, it will be easy to see why a new site will really add to the business.
Working alongside lots of different departments you’ll help shape our portfolio plan as a business. Considering brand new locations, you’ll assess our sales expectations for pharmacy and retail, inspiring the team with your marketing and analytical expertise.
Work closely with our Senior Location Planning Analysts you’ll work on different projects, which will add to our impressive, and diverse portfolio, even more.
Getting to know our fantastic Geographical Information System (GIS), you’ll thoughtfully analyse our locational data and insights along with our Advantage Card customer data. Managing the system, you’ll consider the best way our customer data can be looked at and applied to securing brand new sites.
We’re looking for really great people, with a friendly personality. It’s all about working together as one great team – after all it’s our people that are at the heart of our business. It’s a fantastic opportunity to add to your own development within our community of analysts, and a chance to learn more about us as a business. You’ll need lots of great experience in marketing and in analysing data. But it isn’t just about experience and qualifications, we’re interested in seeing a bit more, the real you – and that makes us all feel good.
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We are currently recruiting for the role of Location Planning Analyst to join our Location Planning Team, as we accelerate our expansion into the convenience market.
Over the past 18 months we have developed the M-Local concept and have now opened 12 convenience stores.
We are now building a team to step change our rate of store openings in 2013 as well as develop the infrastructure and processes suitable for a scaled convenience business.
The person who gets the job will ideally:
Please send an up-to-date CV to:
Neal Stevenson
Head of Location Planning
neal.stevenson@morrisonsplc.co.uk