Store Planner

**About the role**

**Fixed term contract - 12 months**

**Up to £ 40k + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (1-2 days per week in the office)**

**Southampton, Store Support Office**

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Store Planner and you’ll be a big part of this.

**Key responsibilities**

Responsible for the production and distribution of merchandise store plans, in line with the Property Programme and against agreed milestones. Ensures plans reflect the latest format blueprints including fixtures, VM merchandising principles and Range and Space recommendations. Effective communication with key stakeholders across the business on all issues relating to the delivery of merchandise store plans.

**Required skills & experience**
- Experience using an AutoCAD based system.
- Experience of Autodesk Revit software.
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office 365 suite.
- Strong communication skills.
- Can understand and analyse data, concepts, and complex issues quickly and is a creative decision maker.
- Attention to detail - has a good eye for detail, ensuring that errors and omissions are identified, and quality is maintained.
- Ability to work in a methodical manner, with a structured and disciplined working style.
- Plans and prioritises own time/workload to achieve targets.
- Anticipates when deadlines are unlikely to be met and communicate with stakeholders.
- Team worker with ability to work on own initiative for project work.
- Desire to develop skills and experience for future leadership opportunities.

**What's in it for me?**

As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are.We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities**. **You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more