manager, Market Planning

Starbucks Coffee CompanySeattle, WA
Hybrid

About The Position

The Market Planning Manager position is responsible for both the strategic planning and tactical implementation for a range of projects and initiatives, including growth strategy, retail analysis, market planning, and supporting strategic initiatives. Successful candidates are self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized, and have a growth mindset. The role requires strong analytical capabilities across financial, real estate, and macro-economic domains to synthesize actionable insights that inform the collective plan.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience using statistical software for analysis of market research data and development of regression and other multivariate models
  • Minimum of 3 years of project management experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of statistical and marketing research experience in a retail or related environment
  • Minimum of 2 years of national retail or restaurant experience
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience using demographic data in retail markets, site analysis or marketing research
  • Ability to develop databases
  • Ability to perform statistical, mathematical and financial modeling
  • Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and statistical applications
  • Familiarity with application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial analysis technology in a market research environment

Nice To Haves

  • previous real estate or market planning experience within the Northeast, North Atlantic, and New York Metro regions is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the creation, development, and prioritization of growth strategies, plans, and goals.
  • Provide research, quantitative analysis, and modeling to analyze new store opportunities, business plan development, competition, performance and/or evaluation of business opportunities, current or potential.
  • Support planning, deployment and execution of Starbucks key strategies in areas such as trade area optimization, new store growth, store relocations, and store concept optimization.
  • Research and develop strategic recommendations to create critical value to clients, markets, business units, and the company.
  • Apply analytical methods to quantify threats and to identify opportunities to increase market share and/or identify organic growth opportunities.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits
  • short-term and long-term disability
  • paid parental leave
  • family expansion reimbursement
  • paid vacation from date of hire
  • sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
  • eight paid holidays
  • two personal days per year
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
  • Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
  • incentivized emergency savings
  • financial well-being tools
  • 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
  • student loan management resources
  • access to other educational opportunities
  • backup care
  • DACA reimbursement
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