Senior Space Analyst

Genuine Parts Company•Atlanta, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Space Analyst contributes to retail success by developing retail shelf planograms and floor plans that improve financial, operational, and customer outcomes. The role combines analytic reporting, tactical execution of category strategies, and physical work building planograms in a retail test lab. Performance is measured by designing effective customer-centric planograms and floor plans, supporting the Category Management Process with financial analysis of space performance, and growing retail sales and gross profit for space and inventory. The position assigns and peer-reviews planogram work, prepares space-performance data and reports for stakeholders, and trains Space Analysts in best practices and JDA planogram software. It maintains planogram tracking documents and serves as business owner for the Retail Merchandising site, coordinating with IT on management and improvements. The role builds floor plans in JDA and AutoCAD, develops layout recommendations, supports store implementation schedules, creates planogram orders, and responds to field requests using financial performance data. The analyst supports category management through reporting and recommendations on the use of linear space, grade cuts, and core ranges. The role also ensures planograms follow applicable safety rules, including requirements for dangerous-goods adjacencies, lifting heights, fixture integrity, and interior graphics. Work is performed in a typical office environment under a hybrid plan, with at least two work-from-home days per week most weeks. Approximately 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.
A 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 the Microsoft suite and intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency, including LOOKUPS, IF statements, and Pivot Tables.
Experience using data-visualization tools such as Qlik, Tableau, or Power BI.
Ability to understand financial, operational, and customer tradeoffs.
Strong financial acumen and demonstrated ability to develop financial reports about 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.

Responsibilities

Assign planogram updates and builds to other Space Analysts based on workflow.
Peer-review completed planograms from Space Analysts before Manager review.
Pull and organize planogram data, such as sales and GMROI, for the Category team, Merchandising Manager, and Director of Retail Implementation.
Train Space Analysts in best practices and the use of JDA planogram software.
Maintain planogram tracking documents, including the Planogram calendar and POG status Kanban board.
Act as business owner for the Retail Merchandising site and coordinate with IT on management and improvements.
Build and maintain accurate floor plans using JDA software and AutoCAD, in accordance 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 according to 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 store-layout changes, updates, and recommendations using financial performance data.
Provide planogram analytic reports to key stakeholders in support of the category management process.
Arrange aesthetically pleasing planograms based on category and customer decision trees, including layout flows, blocking, and segmenting.
Derive and 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 for dangerous-goods adjacencies, effective lifting heights, fixture integrity, and interior graphics.