Reporting to the Director, Space Planning, the Manager leads a team of Space Planning analysts and supports all matters related to Space Planning Analytics and planograms. This role serves as a space planning subject matter expert and guides a team to ensure effective delivery of space planning analysis, insights and recommendations to solve complex business problems and improve space productivity. Lastly, this role is also responsible for assessing business processes and developing new ways to drive automation and efficiency for the Space Planning team.
The manager will partner with the merchants, space analysts, store planning, visual merchandising and project managers to manage resets, MET projects and other activities for which space analytics and planogram support is required. This role will maintain responsibility for anticipating risks and developing solutions to minimize impact to in-store projects and analytical services provided to business customers. The manager will also maintain responsibility for the metrics and overall quality of planograms and analysis provided by the Space Planning team.
The Manager will also be responsible for leading the design and implementation 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 30% Lead space transformation projects to design and implement new processes and capabilities that contribute to the continuous improvement of the team
• 20% Manage project timelines to ensure Space Planning deliverables are met and provide a high quality deliverable for business customers
• 20% Manage development of space planning analytics to produce actionable insights for merchants that drive space productivity growth
• 10% Participate in weekly meetings with cross-functional teams to participate in business discussions and provide space planning expertise, contributing to strategic merchandising plans for the business.
• 10% Manage associate development through training, feedback and the implementation of development plans.
• 10% Troubleshoot issues as they arise and resolve problems that affect space planning deliverables.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position reports to the Director of Space Planning.
• This position has 5-8 direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with JDA Intactix space management suite including: Space Planning, IKB, Planogram Generator, and Space Automation.
• Experience working in the retail industry.
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Experience managing the design and implementation of strategic projects.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• None