Strategic Planning Team leader

Job description

  Do you want to work for a company that goes the extra mile for its customers, colleagues and communities? Are you resilient, efficient, and productive? Can you lead by example? If so, then why not join our family.

At Iceland, we value, recognize, and celebrate all colleagues for their good work. We pride ourselves on being team players who can work collaboratively with others. We offer some great opportunities for career progression and development, alongside a competitive salary and a great benefits package. 

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

Implement and support the continuous review of the Iceland estate at a store and postcode specific level to maximise our customer offering while operating as efficiently as possible.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

·  Implement and manage a continuous review process of store capacities and slot offering to keep our network efficient while improving sales opportunities.
·  Proactively seek to reduce our zoned postcode offering through new processes or tools.
·  Improve robustness within our delivered sales service to keep customer impacts to an absolute minimum.
·  Store profile reviews based on later data driven evidence.
·  Key databases and tools used by the online planning team kept up to date in line with latest practices.
·  New systems tested and aligned with existing processes and tools
·  Work collaboratively across Ecommerce, digital operations and retail to successfully implement changes
·  Plan and monitor growth for future capacity planning.
·  Use a model to measure and track our network capacity to inform our investment strategy and understand the operational realities.
·  Manage a team of network planners to ensure we’re being creative and proactive to continually drive our delivered sales service.

KEY SKILLS

·  Proficient with Microsoft Office, advanced Excel desirable.
·  Strong communicator both verbally and written.
·  Good attention to detail.
·  Sense of urgency and pace in managing their workload.
·  Proactive approach in dealing with problems and queries in a busy and fast paced environment.
·  Ability to collaborate effectively with key stakeholders across the business.

QUALIFICATIONS / KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE

·  Experienced in logistical operations problem solving.
·  Knowledge of online industry best practices for a logistics operation.
·  Experienced in managing a team.

Make a difference to your career, we expect a lot but you’ll get a lot back in return. We will help you grow and develop your career and give you the freedom to show that you really care.

Alongside this we can offer you:

·  15% discount in Iceland stores
·  30% discount at Club Individual Restaurants
·  33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
·  Pension (NEST)
·  Free onsite parking
·  Onsite electric car charging ports
·  Subsidised staff restaurant and Costa Coffee
·  Christmas vouchers
·  Refer a Friend Scheme
·  Christmas Savings scheme
·  Discounted dry cleaning
·  Long service awards