Floor Space Planner at Engen

Purpose of the Job

• To create and maintain supply-chain-optimised & product displays in stores, using the (Intactix/ CKB) space planning system to enable our category teams to deliver accurate, effective and profitable space plans that deliver the best revenues and assist with the execution of the category strategies.

Who You Are:

•     You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning
•     You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers
•     You are an expert at interpretation and execution of strategic objectives
•     You are passionate about retail and selling, especially the customer experience
•     You have excellent communication and negotiation skills
•     You have a detailed understanding of data and why its accuracy is key
•     You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity
   

What you’ll have done before:

Baseline:

•     NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Retail/ Marketing or related)
•     5 years’ experience in Retail Floor & Space Planning (within the discipline of buying, space planning, floor planning & merchandising) 
•     Knowledge of Regional Occupational Health & Safety Policy and Occupational Health & Safety Act.

Advantage: 

•     Specialist experience with JDA Intactix 
•     3 years’ experience in a Leadership/ Specialist role within Supermarket/ Food Retailing
   

Exciting Challenges you might face in the role:

•     Immerse yourself in various aspects of the organisation
•     Influencing the strategic direction of Engen convenience business
•     Learning from, and being able to influence some of the best and experienced people
•     Operate effectively in an ever-changing, dynamic and agile business
   

What you’ll be doing:

•     Optimise the input parameters that drive planograms as required including merchandise display principles, customer decision trees and returns/ facings data to ensure they meet the customer, financial and product display needs
•     Collaborate with teams to ensure that space plans are completed timeously and that they accurately reflect deliverables that support the category strategy and trading needs of the season 
•     Ensure liaison with teams to adopt best ways to execute special or non-standard tasks over key trading periods, major event changes or other such challenges
•     Identify and liaise with stakeholders (IT or BP) on any issues and challenges regarding processes or systems to ensure efficient business operations
•     Identify potential improvement areas and recommend new developments for the space planning and other related systems and processes
•     Ensure collaboration with teams and promote capability through training and upskilling sessions to ensure outputs are sustainably embedded into operation requirements 
•     Adhere to systems and processes to ensure optimal merchandising techniques are used to create the best planograms for categories as required
•     Ensure availability and accuracy of data analysis to ensure support of informed decision making, with a view to influence categories, improve returns on space across the categories of space planning and ensure impact delivery of optimised space plans.
•     Develop and implement distinctive mindset, behaviour and culture to achieve high work performance by adoption and implementation of value interventions, tools and methodologies to promote and instill high sense of commitment, ownership, integrity and loyalty that will contribute to operational excellence.