Space Planner
- Bolton, ON, Canada
$24 to $26 CAD / hour · Contract
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Job details
- Pay
- $24 to $26 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Contract
- Apply by
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience, ideally within retail or merchandising environments
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Position Title: Space Planner
Location: Bolton, ON(Onsite)
Employment Type: 1 year contract with ongoing extensions
Schedule: Morning shifts, M - F
Compensation: 26/hr
Position Overview:
We’re looking for a detail-driven and analytical Space Planner to join a dynamic retail team. In this role, you’ll partner closely with Senior Space Planners and cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimize merchandise planograms (POGs) that bring category strategies to life in-store.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring planograms are not only visually compelling, but also drive sales, profitability, and an exceptional customer experience.
What will you be doing?
- Design and build high-quality planograms (POGs) using JDA, aligned with merchandising strategy, assortment decisions, and visual standards
- Capture and translate Innovation Centre layouts into store-ready planograms
- Analyze planogram performance using sales, profitability, and inventory data, identifying opportunities for optimization
- Collaborate with merchandising, analytics, and store teams to resolve planogram-related challenges
- Present recommendations and insights to Space Planning and Merchandising leadership, balancing trade-offs across strategy, operations, and customer experience
- Adapt assortments into store-specific layouts based on bay count, fixtures, and store environment
- Conduct quality checks to ensure accuracy against assortment listings and store data
- Support execution by addressing pre-walk and in-store issues within defined timelines
- Prepare fixture/steel assemblies where required
- Contribute to special projects and continuous improvement initiatives that advance space planning capabilities
Must haves:
- 2+ years of experience, ideally within retail or merchandising environments
- Must have a reliable car with valid license
- Proficiency in JDA Space Planning software or similar designing tools
- Strong analytical mindset with experience in Excel and data manipulation
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with MS Access is an asset
- Post-secondary education (or equivalent experience) in a related field
More about this job
Responsibilities
Design, adapt, and quality-check store-ready planograms using JDA, merchandising strategies, assortment data, and store-specific fixtures and layouts. Analyze sales, profitability, and inventory performance, collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve execution issues, and present recommendations that improve customer experience and business results.
Requirements
Requires at least two years of experience, ideally in retail or merchandising, proficiency with JDA Space Planning or similar tools, and strong Excel and data manipulation skills. Candidates need a valid driver's license and reliable car, strong analytical, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills; post-secondary education or equivalent experience in a related field is requested, and Microsoft Access experience is an asset.
Skills
- JDA Space Planning
- Planogram Design
- Retail Merchandising
- Sales Analysis
- Profitability Analysis
- Inventory Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Manipulation
- Microsoft Access
- Assortment Planning
- Store-Specific Layouts
- Quality Assurance
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Communication
- Attention To Detail
- Fixture And Steel Assembly
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Categories
- Retail
- Data & Analytics
- Art & Design
Keywords
- JDA Space Planning
- Planograms
- Retail
- Merchandising
- Merchandising Strategy
- Assortment Planning
- Innovation Centre Layouts
- Sales Analysis
- Profitability Analysis
- Inventory Data
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Manipulation
- Microsoft Access
- Store-Specific Layouts
- Fixtures
- Bay Count
- Quality Checks
- Pre-Walk Support
- In-Store Execution
- Fixture And Steel Assemblies
- Continuous Improvement
- Customer Experience