Competitor Intelligence Analyst
£32,000 to £40,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)  
Manchester city centre, hybrid

We’re looking for a Competitor Intelligence Analyst to join our property team here at Co-op. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

We’ll look to you to provide analysis and insight on competitor activity to support key investment decisions. You’ll source, process, analyse and report on competitor property activity and new housing, to inform and enhance the strategic decision-making process across the business. If you can bring us the understanding of the grocery and funeralcare markets that we need, we can offer you the opportunity to build your career in a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• Keep the pipeline, trading competitor and new housing databases up to date from a variety of sources
• Provide an accurate read of our key competitors estates and the housing development landscape 
• Provide regular reports on new housing and competitor property activity
• Continuously innovate how we collate and report on our data
• Provide ad hoc competitor intelligence analysis to support the wider business 
• Understand changes in the planning environment and how this impacts us and our competitors

This role would suit people who have

• Great planning and organisational skills, with strong attention to detail
• A good understanding of the grocery and/or funeralcare markets 
• An understanding of planning policy and process
• Strong IT skills including the ability to use Microsoft Excel 
• Good numeracy, analytical skills and the ability to manipulate data 

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, 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).

• 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
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
• YuLife app – rewarding you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

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. 

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

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

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.