Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time. Position reports to Manager Space Planning Supports other tasks and duties as business needs dictate.5% Design and build quality fixtures and planograms for more complex projects, incorporating merchandising strategy, visual merchandising standards and best practices, merchandising safety standards and analyze planograms to optimize sales, profitability and inventory productivity.5% Troubleshoot issues as they arise and resolve problems that affect space planning deliverables.
10% Review deliverables for all projects for assigned departments before due date to ensure planograms accurately reflect assortment decisions and meet department standards for quality.15% Attend weekly meetings with cross-functional teams to participate in business discussions and provide space planning expertise, contributing to strategic merchandising plans for the business.15% Allocate projects to Space Planning Analysts and manage calendar due dates for space planning deliverables.25% Participate in and/or lead special projects to design and implement new processes that contribute to the continuous improvement of the team.25% Develop and present analytics of the planograms to Merchandising Management teams, speaking to the trade-offs between form, function and productivity.MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: Analyst will also be involved in designing and implementing new processes that will continue the evolution of this department and contribute to taking this team to the leading edge of space planning and analysis. Analyst will review and be responsible for the quality of all projects for your departments, ensuring that the projects meet merchandising standards and space productivity targets.
This role will take the lead in presentations to Merchandising Leadership teams for your assigned departments, including the development and presentation of all analytics. This role will negotiate project timelines, ensure that all required inputs are received complete/timely and will escalate issues to the Manager, Space Planning, as required. Analyst will partner with the merchant, space analysts, store planning, visual merchandising and project managers on all resets, MET projects and other activities for which space analytics and planogram support is required. This role will be a leader in the development of planogram automation techniques that will deliver localized/optimized planogram to our stores. This role is the space planning subject matter expert and will provide analysis, insights and recommendations to solve complex business problems and improve space productivity. Reporting to the Manager, Space Planning, the Senior Analyst is the key business partner and advisor for the Merchandising Organization on all matters related to space planning/analytics and planograms.