Retail Space Planning Associate
SAS Retail Services
- Quincy, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Medical, Dental, Vision after 30 days.
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- 401(K) Plan
- Generous paid time off.
- Paid training and ongoing career development certifications and courses.
- Support the execution of the Retailer’s space management process using customer insights and market data.
- Collaborate with category teams to identify specific goals for the merchandise reset.
- Assist with the creation of planograms and product assortments in a timely manner.
- Make recommendations regarding assortment and space allocation solutions which positively impact the Retailer’s sales margins and turnover.
- Communicate issues to various teams and propose ideas for resolution.
- Assist in compiling and analyzing data for assigned Retailers.
- Assist with running internal reports to determine product viability and preference.
- May assist with creating merchandise presentations that enhance the customer shopping experience and contribute to our Customer 1st merchandising strategy.
- Perform other duties as required.
- High School diploma required.
- Preferred: prior Space Management experience, college course-work.
- Must have 1 year of retail/merchandising or related field experience.
- Preliminary knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
- Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills.
- Ability to work closely in a multi-functional cross-company team environment.
- Ability to create and deliver effective persuasive presentations.
- Able to meet deadlines, manage time effectively
- Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, resolving problems, and make adjustments as needed to meet deadlines
- Support retailers and/or clients POG development throughout defined category review process or client initiatives
- Communicate business opportunities and recommend action plans by working with clients, customers, and/or Business Development Managers
- Organize information by studying, analyzing, interpreting, and classifying data
- Executes test sets in set room
- Determine and quantify primary business opportunities and key drivers as they pertain to shelving
- Support key business opportunities by recommending merchandising/assortment solutions based on applicable data
- Prioritize optimal assortment and/or shelving information to support the goals of our clients, customers, and company
- Evaluate the reliability of source information by weighing raw data and organizing results for analysis
- Provide planogram information for clients, customers, and/or Business Development Managers through the use of syndicated or customer-specific data sources
- Meet specific needs of requesting party by determining appropriate movement/performance data selection such as share of shelf, days of supply, pack out, etc.
- Analytical and research Skills
- Working knowledge of syndicated data and applications
- Strong merchandising and planogram development skills
- Basic understanding of category management
- Ability to gather data, to compile information, and prepare reports
- Well-organized, detail-oriented, and able to handle a fast-paced work environment
- Strong prioritization skills
- Flexible and adaptable, able to change and alter according to changes in projects or business environment
- Team building Skills
- Excellent customer service orientation
- Ability to ensure a high level of service and quality is maintained
- Strong computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and web-browsers
- Experience using planogram software (JDA Space Planning, Apollo, Spaceman, etc.)