Manager, Location Strategy - Large Format

Key Responsibility:

• Identify new hypermarket and supermarket expansion strategy through and mapping analysis and site visits.
• Select the right sites to deliver a strong new store opening programme in assigned area. Lead the network planning for priority cities and towns.
• Collaborate closely with Property Acquisition and Operations to share learnings on new store performance to guide their new site identification and sales forecasting.
• Be the region expert on site assessment, coaching and training less experienced colleagues providing feedback to other members of the region team on site quality and forecast issues.
• Share learnings with the lead Express manager and other regions for consistency.
• Visit and assess sites using provided tools to plan, analyse, and explore store catchment.
• Provide sales forecasts for high rent : high sales sites through local understanding, trade analysis, and risk assessment considering change in customers behaviour over time.
• Present and provide sound recommendation to new store investment through quality reporting .
• Track competitors movement in the region, measure and report impact incurred to both current and future stores in pipeline.
• Complete post opening review of new store performance through customer exit survey and My Lotus's analysis. Recommendations are shared with Marketing to improve customers shopping trip.
• Share key learnings from post opening review with the rest of Go Fresh new site PA & PR team to improve future site selection accuracy and input into finance PIR.
• Builds strong partnership with the business colleague across areas of the business and gains their trust and mind.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master degree in Business, Economic, Statistics or related fields
• At least 1-2 years experience in property development or related fields.
• Be able to lead projects and tracking timeline until the end of the process
• Well Handle pressure and multi-tasking
• Good analysis and presentation skills
• Interpersonal and communication within team and cross-functional skills.
• Good communication in English
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Statistic skill will be an advantage
• Enthusiastic to learn new things and ability to handle multi-tasks
• Good geographic knowledge of Thailand (benefit)
• Can travelling to upcountry and stay overnight alone