Visual Space Planner
About The Position
The Visual Store Planner partners with the Planogram, Category Management, and Inventory teams to oversee item eligibility and deployment to stores for assigned categories. The role serves as a liaison to store teams, ensuring stores have the right assortment to serve customers and grow Front Room sales. The position is hybrid, based at Advance Auto Parts’ corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with four days in the office and one day remote. Occasional travel may be required. The role requires 2–4 years of retail and/or project management experience and a bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience. JDA/Blue Yonder experience is strongly preferred.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of retail and/or project management experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Merchandising, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, including Excel and Access.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage varied audiences.
- Ability to use critical thinking and solve problems using large data sets.
- Visual merchandising acumen, including optimizing product and service presentation while maximizing profitability.
- Understanding of merchandising strategies and techniques, including product placement, fixture usage, promotions, advertising, and competitive pricing.
- Experience creating product planograms with visual merchandising software, considering SKU accuracy, required inventory, fixtures, product placement, shopability, and profitability.
- Attention to detail and thorough, accurate execution.
- Business acumen, including financial literacy, organizational knowledge, and understanding of short- and long-term growth strategies.
- Ownership: identify opportunities and obstacles that create barriers to results.
- Self-development: view weaknesses as opportunities to learn and actively work to improve them.
- Innovation: analyze the advantages and disadvantages of new ideas.
- Influence others and reach compromises without damaging relationships.
- Collaborate across teams, gather different perspectives, and recognize the upstream, downstream, and cross-team impacts of decisions.
- Flexibility for occasional travel may be required.
Nice To Haves
- JDA/Blue Yonder experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide planogram-specific reporting to Category Management during line reviews, including adjacencies, heatmaps, and sales-based space productivity.
- Partner with Real Estate on new store openings, remodels, and relocations, leading discussions about space optimization and merchandising guidelines.
- Conduct weekly audits of store eligibility and manage controls for correct inventory distribution.
- Manage and resolve ServiceNow ticket requests and inquiries in support of company-owned stores.
- Validate planogram and promotional off-shelf placement eligibility and deployment according to the Planning Calendar.
- Monitor and validate execution of disposition plans for non-go-forward SKUs as part of planogram resets.
- Convert and manage store-specific planograms, including sales reviews and lifecycle changes.
- Participate in cross-functional meetings and weekly planner touch bases with merchandising and inventory partners to highlight and escalate issues and exchange business strategy updates.
- Assist with early store resets of planogram updates to identify potential gaps in new SKU inventory.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for team members and their loved ones.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
