Job Description

Space Planning Analyst is responsible for driving analytical thought process as it pertains to industry best-in-class merchandising and space management. This individual will serve as an SME in the various applications utilized by the merchandising department to assist in driving store growth; utilizing analytical skills to drive sales, optimize assortments, and maximize profit.

• Maximizes inside store profitability through data-driven analysis and evaluation of functionality, highlighting areas for improvement and expected benefit of assortment and space-based strategies.
• Serves as subject matter expert of space management processes and demonstrates expertise in analytical tools such as Excel, PowerBI, or SQL, to effectively execute strategies and tactics.
• Creates and distributes reports to Senior Leadership on key strategic initiatives/products and tactical reactions to changing conditions. Provides regular updates to management on these key initiatives/products.
• Utilizes performance metrics such as days of supply, turns, margins, and sales to identify potential opportunities and drive recommendations to improve sales and productivity of space.
• Leads planogram creation through data-driven analysis, quantifying assortment and space opportunities.
• Creates cluster or store-specific planograms based on initial assortment plans. Ensures planograms align with corporate, department, and category strategies.
• Collaborates with Category Management to determine goals and objectives, conduct standard and ad hoc analysis to identify key drivers of performance, recommend assortment and space decisions that will improve category performance and develop financial plans that reflect category changes.
• Identifies gaps in the assortment when completing planograms and makes recommendations to solution for gaps.
• Generates robust data sets from internal data warehouses via SQL and Power BI to support well-reasoned business decisions demonstrating a strong aptitude with numbers and retail math.
• Provides training to other analysts and team members on analytics systems/dashboards/solutions in order to meet current and future business needs.
• Utilizes querying tools, statistical methods, and data modeling to produce reports, data files, and dashboards.
• Addresses and resolves store specific planograms and merchandising issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with members of cross-functional teams such as Information Systems, Store Planning, Merchandising, and Operations.
• Provides outstanding internal customer service to Operations, Category Management.
• Stays updated on industry trends and new technologies that can enhance space planning processes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Space Planning Software (JDA/Blue Yonder)
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel & PowerPoint
• Proven ability to navigate and process large datasets to produce actionable insights
• High-level understanding of Category Management processes and practices along with the ability to collaborate with retail customers, key suppliers and internal teams to deliver insights and recommendations within six key domains: Macro Level, Retailer & Market, Consumer, Shopper, 4 P’s (product, price, place, and promotion) of Category Management, and Operations
• Assertive leadership/decision-making skills and high energy level, with an aptitude for understanding changing market dynamics and resolving complex problems
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, decision-making and quantitative analysis skills to provide insights into performance and efficiency opportunities
• Bachelor’s Degree and experience in Adult Beverage with an understanding of National Chain Sales, Retail and Distributor operations

Every construction company claims to deliver quality projects safely, on time, and on budget, but few explain how they do it. We pride ourselves on our unique, daily approach to the details of projects that distinguishes us from the average. To achieve high quality workmanship, we scrutinize, visualize, and evaluate each specification well ahead of when we actually implement the work. Once construction starts, ESI performs in-process quality control audits of our components and systems as well as those of our subcontractors. When requirements are not fulfilled, we demand courses of action and, when necessary, escalate and track issues through a non-conformance reporting system.

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