Data and Space Maintenance Specialist

Posting End Date:

January 13, 2025

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Job Summary:

An exciting opportunity to join become a Space and Data Maintenance Specialist, where you will play a critical role supporting the Space Planning team to deliver change that maximises the income generated from the shop estate.

You will ensure effective and customer centric use of space and layout to convert footfall into sales whilst optimising profitable outcome of each shop through judicious allocation of space to each department.

Job Description:

At a glance:

• Expected Salary - £35,400 - £43,700 (dependant on experience)

• Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract (There is also a 12 month FTC opportunity available)

• Working pattern/flexible working - We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a blended 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 Space Planning team aim for around 1 day a week (Mondays) in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings but again, are flexible on this. 

• Location - This role is based at our Pimlico Head Office campus. Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to the office is the responsibility of the successful candidate. There is no travel allowance for this role. There is also a responsibility to visit our John Lewis branches when necessary. You will be able to claim travel expenses for these journeys.

About the role:

As a Space and Data Maintenance Specialist, you will play a critical role supporting the Space Planning team to deliver change that maximises the income generated from the shop estate. Ensuring effective and customer centric use of space and layout to convert footfall into sales whilst optimising profitable outcome of each shop through judicious allocation of space to each department. Allied to both insight and feasibility; exploring the potential of change, and delivering change through planning and stakeholder engagement activity.

Key responsibilities: 

• Custodian of the accuracy of our Branch Master Plans and associated data including the data hierarchy. Orchestrating the half yearly audit of CAD plans; overseeing the critical path and collaboration with branch CWCs; including training the audit process and CAD plan software. Driving continuous improvement; in particular ensuring centrally planned change is incorporated into the Master Plans in a timely manner.

• Highly influential within the Space Planning team. As a group, the DSMs have excellent visibility of the team’s operation when it comes to delivering change and will drive continuous improvement to ways of working; ensuring our products and processes are reliable and efficient whilst sustaining integrity & trust.

• Supporting the strategic direction of the physical estate; in particular for assortment and associated product services. Marshalling data and conducting analysis to surface lessons learnt from changes to the estate and surfacing insight to further optimise space allocation.

• Effective delivery of change; ensuring the space and fixture architecture is fit for purpose and supports a credible and compelling product range in accordance with presentation standards.

• Act in accordance with the Partnership’s purpose and democratic principles, constructively participating in co-ownership, and demonstrating to customers and each other that it is a better way of doing business. Share your knowledge, experiences, ideas and opinion to improve the Partnership, speaking honestly and frequently.

• Invest in your personal and professional development to achieve your potential, by doing more, doing better, or doing things differently. Continuously engage with and actively contribute to your Profession.

Essential skills you’ll need: 

• Demonstrates strong analytical skills, including the ability to work across various data platforms and methodologies, E.g. Excel and Google platforms 

• Excellent planning, organisation and orchestration skills.

• Strong Commercial awareness.

Desirable skills you may have:

• Experience in a trading and/or branch role is an advantage

Benefits of the Partnership and the role: 

• 💻 - Hybrid Working. 

• 🏖️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 22 days holiday), plus public and bank holidays (this is pro-rated for part time hours).

• ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy

• 🐷 - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not

• 🤑 - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.

• 🚴 -  Simple cycle to work support scheme

• 🏰 - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them 

• 🌱 -  Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/ 

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Pay:

£35,500.00 - £53,200.00 Annual

Scheduled Weekly hours:

35

Worker Type:

Permanent Partner

Job Level:

Partnership Level 8

Hours of Work:

35

At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.

Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers.

We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. 🌍 💚

We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.

Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here.

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 it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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