Space Planning Analyst - 12 Month Parental Leave Cover


Company:	Tesco
Salary:	Competitive
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1GA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Aug 2026
Closing date:	8 Sept 2026

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Summary

About the role

I support the Trade Planning Team to identify and deliver growth opportunities in seasonal events and promotions space, by producing clear and insightful reporting.

You will be responsible for

• Build robust event cascades that account for space constraints, phasing requirements, and country-specific dynamics.

• Interface with the store space database to ensure store lists are accurate and fully aligned to available event space.

• Design and deliver timely, insightful analysis for strategic projects, including space data, sales, density, and volume performance.

• Develop clear, decision-led reporting for space modelling, optimisation, and allocation to support Event Manager decision-making.

• Issue accurate and timely data to SRM and Supply Chain partners, ensuring space plans and store lists correctly reflect event execution.

• Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex data issues to ensure robust and reliable analysis.

• Support the end-to-end process from planning and forecasting through to post-event performance review and insight.

• Proactively identify opportunities to standardise, simplify, and automate processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.

• Work closely with Event Managers, Space, Range and Merchandising, Store Ordering, and Property teams to ensure plans and space are fully aligned and executed effectively.

• Standing over the loading, extraction and transformation of large datasets from the data warehouse.

• Conduct ad hoc research and analysis to diagnose recent performance trends and operational issues.

You will need

• Degree in a quantitative or retail subject.

• Prior work experience in retail, analytics or merchandising.

• Experience working in an analytical role is desirable, but not essential.

• Familiarity with some data manipulation, analytical and/or statistical tools (MS Excel, SQL, Python, R, VBA etc.) would be an asset.

• Understanding of cascading and range mix management.

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with a natural ability to communicate insight.

• Experience using Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.

• Strong attention to detail and a passion for learning.

• Good written and spoken communication skills.

• Ability to manage own workload to tight deadlines and to work on a variety of projects simultaneously.

What’s in it for you?

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you – both in and out of work. [1] Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary.

• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).

• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.

• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

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About Us

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you’re just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we’re here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We’re proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, [1] click here  for more information. And if you’re interested in joining our team but don’t tick every box, don’t let that hold you back from applying.

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About us

Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues.

It’s part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we’re proud to have been accredited as one of Britain’s Top Employers again this year.

We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers.

But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business.

We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day – helping us make a difference for our customers

Should you be successful in your application, your offer will be subject to and conditional upon you providing your bank account details before your agreed start date.

For more information about us please visit www.tescoplc.com

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