Description
As a Location Planner at Argos, you will make decisions about where to open, invest, and grow the company's stores.
You will use catchment data, market intelligence, and commercial insight to identify opportunities and shape the company's estate strategy.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Producing accurate sales forecasts and board papers for new stores, extensions, and existing store investments
- Running catchment analysis to spot gaps in market coverage and incremental sales opportunities
- Recommending the right size, format, and offer for new stores and extensions
- Combining customer, digital, competitor, and store performance insight to shape location recommendations
- Contributing location planning expertise to lease renewals, store trials, and post-investment reviews
- Owning the requirements for and effective use of data, models, and analytical tools
- Managing external data and analytical partners
- Partnering with the Property team to assess the commercial viability of new and existing sites
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Experience in location planning, property, or estate strategy
- Strong analytical and numerical skills
- A solid grasp of catchment analysis, market sizing, and geographic coverage
- Experience in multi-site retail expansion or estate optimisation
- Confidence with Excel and data visualisation tools
- The ability to explain complex analysis clearly to non-technical stakeholders
We offer a competitive salary, plus benefits including:
- Colleague discount of 10% on shopping at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat
- Pensions scheme and life cover
- Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary
- Annual holiday allowance and private healthcare
- Season ticket loans, interest-free car loan, cycle to work scheme, and health cash plans
- Salary advance and access to Employee Assistance Programme