Visual Space Planner

Advance Stores Company • Raleigh, NC

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Visual Store Planner partners with Planogram, Category Management, and Inventory teams to oversee item eligibility and deployment to stores for assigned categories. The role acts as a liaison to store teams, helping ensure the right assortment is in place to serve customers and grow sales in the Front Room.

This position is hybrid, based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, with four days in the office and one day remote. Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

• Two to four 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 experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, including Excel and Access.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage with varied audiences.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills using large data sets.
• Visual merchandising acumen, including optimizing product and service presentation to support customer experience and profitability.
• Understanding of merchandising strategies and techniques, including product placement, fixture usage, promotions, advertising, and competitive pricing.
• Experience creating product planograms using visual merchandising software, with attention to SKU accuracy, inventory needs, fixtures, placement, shopability, and profitability.
• Attention to detail and ability to execute tasks thoroughly and accurately.
• Business acumen, including understanding business operations, financial literacy, organizational knowledge, and growth strategies.
• Leadership skills in ownership, self-development, innovation, influencing others, and collaboration.

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 space productivity based on sales.
• Partner with Real Estate on new store openings, remodels, and relocations, leading discussions about space optimization and merchandising guidelines.
• Conduct weekly audits to determine whether store eligibility is correct and manage controls to ensure proper 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 updates on business strategy.
• Assist in early store resets of planogram updates to identify potential gaps in new SKU inventory.

Benefits

• The company describes its benefits as comprehensive health and wellness benefits for Team Members and their loved ones; specific benefits are not itemized in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level