About this role
As a Location Planning Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering M&S's UK store estate strategy through data-led insight, analysis and strategic recommendations. Working across a designated region of the UK, you will develop an in-depth understanding of local retail markets, M&S store performance, competitor activity, property developments and changing customer behaviours to support long-term estate growth and optimisation. Using multiple data sources, you will provide insight that improves forecast accuracy, informs investment decisions and supports the development of new store opportunities, relocations, extensions, closures and wider estate initiatives. You will assess new store opportunities, undertake complex analytical projects including sales forecasting, and make recommendations that directly influence the future shape of the M&S estate.