Senior Space Analyst

Genuine Parts Company•Atlanta, GA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Space Analyst contributes to retail success by developing shelf planograms and floor plans that improve financial, operational, and customer outcomes. The position combines financial and space-performance analysis, tactical execution of category strategies, and hands-on planogram building in a retail test lab. The role supports category management through analytical reporting, develops recommendations for space allocation and store layouts, and helps ensure planograms and floor plans meet retail program and safety standards. The work is performed in a typical office environment with a hybrid schedule available: at least two work-from-home days per week most weeks. About 20–30% of weekly hours are spent physically building planograms in the retail lab, and travel is less than 5% of the time.

Requirements

Five years of retail experience creating or designing planograms.
Four-year degree from an accredited university.
At least two years of experience working with space-planning products such as JDA.
Experience working in a high-volume retail or consumer-goods environment.
Working knowledge of AutoCAD software.
Working knowledge of SQL and database relationships.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency, including lookups, IF statements, and pivot tables.
Ability to understand financial, operational, and customer tradeoffs.
High financial acumen and demonstrated ability to develop financial reports pertaining to space usage in planograms and floor plans.
Strong communication and influencing skills.
Ability to speak publicly in training environments.
Demonstrated accountability and responsibility for independent judgment and successful outcomes.
Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience using data visualization tools such as Qlik, Tableau, or Power BI.

Responsibilities

Assign planogram updates and builds to other Space Analysts based on workflow.
Peer review completed planograms created by Space Analysts before Manager review.
Pull and organize planogram data, including sales and GMROI, for the Category team, Merchandising Manager, and Director of Retail Implementation.
Train Space Analysts in best practices and use of JDA planogram software.
Maintain planogram tracking documents, including the Planogram calendar and POG status Kanban board.
Serve as business owner for the Retail Merchandising site and coordinate with IT on its management and improvements.
Build and maintain accurate floor plans using JDA software and AutoCAD, in line with retail program standards.
Recommend floor plan layouts using knowledge of high-performing planograms, strategic directives, and space-allocation tradeoffs.
Work with the store implementation team to deliver floor plans within the reset team’s schedule.
Create planogram orders for stores and ensure relevant data is successfully transmitted to the POS system.
Respond to field requests for changes, updates, and recommendations to existing store layouts using financial performance data.
Support the category management process by providing planogram analytical reports to key stakeholders.
Arrange planograms to support category and customer decision-tree principles, including layout flows, blocking, and segmenting.
Analyze performance data to determine the best use of linear space.
Recommend grade cuts and core ranges to the product team based on fiscal data.
Establish and follow safety rules, including those related to dangerous-goods adjacencies, effective lifting heights, fixture integrity, and interior graphics.