SAS Sr Analyst Space and Assortment
About The Position
The SAS Sr Analyst Space and Assortment is a senior professional role focused on space and assortment planning. The analyst works with clients, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to align on objectives and deliver space allocation, shelf placement, assortment, and space optimization recommendations. The role gathers customer insights and competitive data, interprets analytical results, and communicates findings and merchandising strategies through presentations. The analyst serves as a business partner and advisor to the merchandising organization on space planning and analytics, planograms, and floorplans. The role manages spatial information workflows and analytics, recommends process improvements, and may lead or support a team by coordinating workloads and mentoring indirect reports. The position has no direct reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent job-related experience.
- 4–6 years of experience with planograms or floorplans.
- Experience with analysis in a professional setting.
- Self-directed work ethic and desire to succeed in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to effectively prioritize business requests.
- Good written and oral communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong organization, attention to detail, and accuracy.
- Intellectual curiosity, problem-solving interest, and ability to learn quickly.
- Strong work ethic and ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in merchandising.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on client objectives and apply best practices for space allocation and shelf placement.
- Deliver presentations and recommendations for assortment and space optimization solutions.
- Gather customer insights and competitive data to support business objectives.
- Interpret analytical results, draw conclusions, and communicate clear, concise information across the business.
- Create and communicate merchandising presentations on strategies to enhance the consumer shopping experience.
- Support team members in retailer-facing meetings to help ensure objectives are met and meeting notes are captured or adjusted.
- Serve as a key business partner and advisor to the merchandising organization on space planning and analytics, planograms, and floorplans.
- Manage and maintain spatial information workflows and analytics, and recommend process optimizations.
- May lead or support a team without direct reports, delegate workload, and help ensure consistent project completion.
- Provide guidance or mentoring to indirect reports.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
