Planogram Senior Lead

TruX Retail Partner•Salisbury, NC

5d•$60,000 - $65,000

About The Position

The Planogram Senior Lead provides advanced technical leadership and serves as a strategic subject matter expert across multiple planogram teams and assigned client programs. The role partners with the Space Planning Program Manager, Planogram Leads, client representatives, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business priorities into executable merchandising solutions. It ensures planogram development and maintenance align with merchandising strategies, brand standards, space optimization objectives, and client requirements, while identifying opportunities to improve technical capabilities, tools, processes, quality, consistency, and performance.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in planogram development, retail merchandising, space planning, or a related field.
Advanced knowledge of planogram development, floor planning, merchandising principles, and retail space optimization.
Experience with Blue Yonder applications or comparable planogram development and reporting systems.
Ability to interpret complex requirements, resolve technical issues, and recommend effective solutions.
Experience coaching and developing team members and supporting consistent technical practices.
Ability to manage competing priorities, oversee multiple projects, and maintain accountability for quality and timely deliverables.
Advanced technical proficiency in planogram development and maintenance, floor planning, and related systems.
Strong knowledge of merchandising principles, category expectations, shelf capacity, and space optimization.
Ability to analyze space-to-sales metrics and reporting to evaluate planogram effectiveness.
Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to coach, develop, and provide technical guidance across multiple teams.
Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Blue Yonder or comparable planogram software.
Ability to identify process improvements, resolve complex issues, and escalate significant concerns appropriately.
Commitment to collaboration, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and TruX's culture of servant leadership and people helping people grow.
Ability to sit or stand for extended periods.
Ability to travel to client meetings, corporate offices, retail locations, and program operations across assigned markets.
Occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds may be required.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, coordinating workloads, or overseeing multiple teams.
An associate or bachelor's degree; equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and oversight across multiple planogram teams and categories, coordinating priorities, workload, and capacity with Planogram Leads to ensure cycle activity, special projects, and ad hoc requests are completed accurately and on schedule.
Act as a senior subject matter expert and strategic partner to the Space Planning Program Manager, client representatives, and cross-functional teams; anticipate needs, identify opportunities, and recommend solutions to improve planogram and floorplan quality and execution.
Champion innovation and continuous improvement by proposing and helping implement tools, processes, and best practices; evaluate processes and deliverables to identify gaps and opportunities.
Provide advanced technical guidance on complex planogram and floorplan requirements, system tools, merchandising standards, and space optimization. Use Blue Yonder applications and reporting to evaluate space-to-sales metrics and align planograms with category expectations and brand sales objectives.
Oversee planogram accuracy and quality across assigned teams, ensuring merchandising standards, client expectations, project scope, and retailer requirements are met; identify recurring issues and address root causes with Planogram Leads.
Oversee and support planogram cycle processes, including test sets, cycle communications, test sheets, document templates, and related tools.
Review In-Store Execution communications, including playbooks and alerts, and partner with Planogram Leads to ensure activities align with project scope and requirements.
Build and maintain working relationships with client representatives and cross-functional teams; collaborate on best practices, ways of working, system tools, and process and execution improvements.
Partner with Planogram Leads, the Space Planning Program Manager, and the Training team to identify development needs, strengthen technical capabilities, share knowledge, and promote consistent practices.
Monitor team quality, productivity, and capacity, providing recommendations and guidance to support successful execution and continuous improvement.