Site Research Analyst – Student Placement

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omni-channel retailer in the sports, fashion, and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

About The Placement Year

The successful candidate would be expected to start June/July 2023. The primary responsibility of this position is to support the property Site Research team’s assessment of store investment opportunities across UK, Europe and other International regions, through the distribution of key reports, maintenance of information databases, performance reporting and ad-hoc analysis.

Key Duties/Responsibilities

• Build and maintain key management information databases, including UK & European Analogue Models, Competitor Lists, and Shopping Centre KPIs.
• Produce and distribute daily and weekly footfall KPI reports across the business.
• Produce and distribute monthly competitor activity and impact reports.
• Support the running, mapping and analysis of the Group checkout survey.
• Support the development of in-house Retail Venue rankings to prioritise new store openings.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge Needed

• Currently studying for a degree in Geography, Business or Marketing.
• Numerate and analytical with high levels of accuracy.
• A good understanding of Excel.
• Experience of GIS programmes (e.g. Mapinfo) and statistical tools (e.g. SPSS) ideal but not a necessity.
• Excellent strong communication skills and a good team player, responding to people in the business in a timely and appropriate manner.

Benefits

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Free parking
• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
• Pension Scheme
• Flexible Working Hours
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work

NEXT STEPS

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don’t hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.