Space Planner

Giant Eagle, Inc. • Cranberry Township, PA

85d

About The Position

The Space Planner position is accountable for the successful planning and execution of assigned category resets by designing best-in-class planograms and ensuring the timely completion of major milestones within reset project plans. As the primary Space Planning point-of-contact for assigned departments, the role requires effective communication and cross-functional collaboration with key stakeholders from Merchandising, Enterprise Analytics, Procurement, and third party partners.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in Space Planning, Merchandising, Retail Operations, or a related discipline
• Expertise as a user of space planning software (e.g., Blue Yonder)
• Familiarity with basic data analysis and reporting
• Experience coordinating projects

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee all category reset activities within assigned department(s), ensuring successful completion of category reset projects
• Design gold standard planograms by partnering with Merchandising, Enterprise Analytics, and vendor partners to develop shelf presentation strategies that optimize space allocation and customer shopping experience
• Serve as the organizational Space Planning subject-matter-expert within assigned department(s) by developing foundational knowledge across all departments that interact with space planning: Merchandising, Retail Operations, Enterprise Analytics, Procurement, Technology Systems, etc.
• Lead test sets to ensure gold standard planograms meet quality expectations and reset projects can be completed within budgeted labor hours
• Collaborate with Sr. Manager and peers to continually improve existing processes by increasing efficiency, integrating analytics to improve decision making, and minimizing errors
• Ensure planogram issues are resolved quickly and accurately, while diagnosing root causes to prevent similar errors from occurring again
• Accountable for planogram data integrity and ongoing maintenance
• Support the development of the annual reset planning schedule by providing consistent updates on project importance, scope, and complexity
• Attend store visits to deepen market, category, and product knowledge
• Assist in the testing and application of supporting technology, systems, and tools

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees