Strategy Associate

7 days ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Coop Full time

**Strategy Associate**
£30,800 - £37,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6A)
Manchester City Centre (Hybrid)

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and driven strategy associate to join us in Manchester to support the team with turning data and insights into strategies and plans that deliver value across Co-op. This role comes with an attractive salary and benefits package.
In this role, you’ll analyse our internal and external environment, including market insight, competitor performance and political, legal and environmental changes. You’ll turn this analysis into strategic recommendations that help drive us forward.

To give you an idea of how this strategy associate role will look and feel, here are some of the things you can expect to do:

- Provide planning and administrative support to the strategy team and leadership teams across the business in researching, designing and delivering strategic recommendations
- Create high-quality reports and materials to provide insights to senior colleagues across the business
- Support the Strategy & Discovery teams in developing approaches to solve business problems and seize potential opportunities
- previous experience within a corporate environment is preferred, but not essential
- the ability to produce high-quality reports and materials; used to advise decision making
- a basic understanding of project management
- excellent problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn

Here you’ll do work that matters. We can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services), the Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, and the YuLife app - rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands. You’ll also get:

- an annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
- a pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- coaching and training to support your career development

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing

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