Space Planner

**Job Details: Convenience Retail Space Planner**

Key Responsibilities
- Deliver planogram creation and maintenance to meet business needs of regularly scheduled and adhoc requests for merchandise sets, new stores, remodels and special projects.
- Collaborate with Category Management to create visually compelling planograms based on store clustering, space definitions and defined flow, adhering to agreed service level agreements (SLA).
- Evaluate planogram performance and effectiveness to provide actionable insights and optimize product placement across different store formats; and articulate the findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities and challenges to enhance space performance, propose innovation solutions, and implement category assortment optimization strategies.
- Develop strategic macro space layouts for new stores and analyzing existing performance to ensure optimal category space for maximizing sales and customer flow.
- Work closely with Format managers to create and maintain store plans and integrate relevant planograms.
- Maintaining a high-quality database in support of the software system.
- Stay current with industry trends and competitor strategies to incorporate best practices into the design.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in space planning and merchandising operations, providing guidance and support across various projects and initiatives. The role offers a diverse range of responsibilities with opportunities to work on micro (planogramming), macro (store layout), and range assortment modelling.

**Requirements**:

- Minimum of **5 years’ relevant experience in a retail environment**, with a solid understanding of retail industry trends, consumer behavior, and product merchandising concepts.
- Fluent in **Mandarin and English**, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in any space planning software **(Spaceman preferred and/or AutoCAD).**:

- Competent with **Excel & Word.**:

- Strong analytical capabilities and experience with data-driven decision making.
- Proven ability to engage and collaborate effectively with stakeholders. Excellent interpersonal communication and influencing skills.
- Creative problem-solving skills to enable more data science driven space planning initiatives.
- Eagerness to learn, ability to work independently, and manage tight deadlines and a fluid workload.
- The role is based in **Selangor, Malaysia.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract, Temporary
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: Up to RM7,000.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Health insurance
- Opportunities for promotion
- Professional development

Schedule:

- Fixed shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- AutoCAD: 5 years (required)

**Language**:

- Mandarin (required)
- English (required)

Work Location: In person