Merchandising Presentation Planner

A career at Whole Foods Market is more than just the work you do- it's about your personal growth and creating meaningful change. Our purpose is to nourish people and the planet. That means improving how people eat, funding grants for school gardens, providing access to fresh and healthy food to people living within food deserts, alleviating poverty in developing countries, and so much more. Working with us means you are making a difference within your community and beyond. We aren't just a grocery store: we're world-changers. And with your help, we will continue to set the standards of excellence and revolutionize the grocery industry.

Responsible for providing effective systems support, development, and implementation of planogramming and space planning for global and regional procurement teams. Ensures efficient and accurate organization, entry, and maintenance of new diagrams and other items and images for the GSP team library. Provides space planning support for Merchandising Presentation and allied teams. Ensures effective training and education to support space planning and related analysis and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Works with business partners to ensure necessary systems and tools are developed and delivered to enable timely and accurate space planning, planograms, reporting, and analysis.
• Works with purchasing teams to create various iterations of space planning diagrams.
• Provides Team Member training on tools, systems, and analysis to increase overall space planning team knowledge.
• Develops and maintains databases and systems for accurate data management in support of space planning software.
• Creates, documents, and manages visual merchandising programs and planograms for multiple categories, optimizing the visual aspects of each product and, at the same time, maintaining space efficiency.
• Facilitates development and direction of departmental flow, adjacencies, and product display with buying teams.
• Participates in development of team space planning strategies and priorities.
• Communicates plans and details to regions and stores to facilitate execution and ensure optimal customer service and profitability.
• Networks with other business groups to identify gaps and synergies and suggest process and communication improvements.
• Collects, coordinates, and verifies all required data for planogram production.
• Critiques planograms based on visual merchandising standards, customer shopability, space efficiency, and store execution; effects necessary adjustments.
• Responds and reacts to store implementation questions / problems and makes actionable recommendations for future improvement.
• Leverages vendor relationships to support planogram development.
• Ensures planogram development and implementation meets company business standards.

Skills:

• Advanced understanding of WFM purchasing and merchandising processes.
• Advanced space management software experience, including Intactix Space Planning, ProSpace, Apollo, Spaceman, Pegman, and/or Intercept.
• In-depth knowledge of the space planning process, with ability to analyze and decipher performance data.
• Advanced levels in Excel, Word, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Internet Explorer product movement software, report writing, and query software.
• Performs tasks in a thorough, accurate, and timely manner.
• Responds quickly and effectively to routine and exceptional situations.
• Builds a solid rapport and earns trust of work colleagues.
• Works collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effectively presents information and responds to questions in one-on-one and group meetings involving Team Members, Team Leaders, Regional Leadership, National / Global leadership, vendors, and service providers.
• Applies basic research, information gathering, and analytical skills to:
  • Select the appropriate alternatives from defined options,
  • Collect required information,
  • Assess accuracy of detailed information.

• Handles detailed, structured problems; identifying roadblocks to task completion.
• Develops solutions to process and system problems; recognizes and acts on inconsistencies in data and information.
• Understands the company, organization, and/or project strategy, goals, and objectives.
• Able to identify alignment / misalignment of the team’s project goals with larger organizational strategy, goals, and objectives.
• Understands the WFM product mix, supply base, and retail operations.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS degree and 2-4 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

The wage range for this position is £41,600.00-£56,160.00 Annual, commensurate with experience. Whole Foods Market offers "Whole Benefits". Whole Benefits offers a wide range of benefits for Full and Part-Time Team Members, including eligibility for a store discount, paid time off, financial wellness, health & wellness support programs, and access to other Team Member perks. Eligibility for Whole Benefits is determined under the terms of the applicable Whole Benefits plan at a person’s date of hire and may vary based on work location, length of service, and job type (such as regular or seasonal). https://careers.wholefoodsmarket.co.uk/benefits.

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