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Our Head Office Property Department is strengthening their team and is looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and analytical person determined to build a career in a challenging international environment to join the Property Organisation Team as a Junior Consultant. Help turn our expansion plans into reality!
At an exciting time of growth for Lidl UK, we are now pursuing an ambitious expansion programme to hit the 1000 stores milestone in 2023. For the successful candidate, this is an ideal opportunity to join a fast paced and efficient team at the forefront of our company's ambitious development plans in a position which offers both responsibility and variety.
What you'll do
- Working at a national strategic level to drive forward our expansion plans
- Creating property-specific data analysis & presentations for the UK & International Boards
- Comprehensive planning of national investment & expense budgets required to meet our expansion goals
- Monitoring property related costs and reporting any deviations, as well as reconciling approved budgets against actual project costs & justifying deviations
- Providing quality assurance and training for all of our in-house property systems
- Proving support and training to our Regional Property Offices on property systems and procedures
- Being the main contact anchor between Lidl International, Head Office, Regional Property Offices and other Lidl departments/peers (regular liaison with all parties & levels)
- Visiting Lidl International for systems training and managing system rollouts and updates in the UK
- Data plausibility checks (investigating quality & accuracy) and pursuing queries with Lidl International and regional Property Offices.
- Understanding the company’s ‘bigger picture’ and the property role within the organisation as a whole
What you'll need
- Degree educated (2:2 or above and within 4 years)
- Data analysis experience and project management experience
- Excellent Excel skills essential & good knowledge of other Microsoft Office suite programmes
- Interested in Property and Retail expansion
- Knowledge of Macros is advantageous
- Constantly looking for opportunities to improve & streamline work and processes
- Excellent communication skills at all levels of the business
- Confident in supporting executive management
- Passion for working with numbers and good understanding of accounting principles
- Excellent attention to detail
- German language skills advantageous but not essential
- A self-motivated and proactive individual with a can-do attitude and the ability to work on projects & solve problems independently
- Ability to work independently but also as part of a team, to tight deadlines and to deliver accurate results.
- Ability to innovate and problem solve
What you'll receive
This isn't getting by. This is getting what you deserve. Working at Lidl is rewarding, in every sense, because we give you the training to succeed in your role and plenty of opportunities to progress your career here. We're proud to offer a competitive salary starting from £30,000 - £33,000 (depending on experience) with an additional non-contractual 10% London weighting and a generous holiday allowance. Save for your future with our pension scheme, or save today with an in-store discount, plus extra discounts on days out, cinema tickets and much more.
We’re making the final preparations and getting ready to move into our brand new head office, Lidl House, in Tolworth. It's light, spacious and has state of the art breakout spaces, an on-site barista and gym and much more, making it the perfect place to meet colleagues and achieve your potential. We’re expecting to move in before the end of the year and we can't wait for you join Lidl!
Please note your employment is conditional upon the Company's receipt of satisfactory references and if requested by the Company, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
