Manager, Space Planning
- Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
$87,800 to $109,750 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $87,800 to $109,750 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- 3 - 5 years of space planning or category management experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Job Description
Some of what you will do:
The Manager, Space Planning is responsible for leading the Space Planning function, overseeing a team of space planners, and driving the development and execution of planograms that support profitable sales growth, enhance the customer experience, and optimize space productivity. This role ensures alignment across Merchandising, Store Operations, and cross-functional partners while delivering against operational timelines and strategic initiatives.
Specifically, You Will
Office environment – Hybrid, with 4 days onsite in Richmond Hill, subject to the hybrid policy.
Some Of What You Will Get
We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Some of what you will do:
The Manager, Space Planning is responsible for leading the Space Planning function, overseeing a team of space planners, and driving the development and execution of planograms that support profitable sales growth, enhance the customer experience, and optimize space productivity. This role ensures alignment across Merchandising, Store Operations, and cross-functional partners while delivering against operational timelines and strategic initiatives.
Specifically, You Will
- Oversee the development, execution, and continuous improvement of planograms to drive sales, optimize inventory investment, and enhance customer shopability.
- Incorporate merchandising presentation standards, company financial objectives and category strategy in the development of planograms.
- Identify inefficiencies in space planning processes and tools, driving continuous improvement initiatives in automation, standardization and simplification.
- Lead and manage the planogram reset calendar to support key sales events, operational priorities, and team capacity.
- Coordinate and drive product line reviews, ensuring planogram readiness and alignment to category strategies.
- Ensure that store facing Space Planning resources are accurate and up to date.
- Partner with category, signage, asset protection and fixture teams to ensure execution of signage, AP and fixture elements in planogram releases.
- Lead store visits to gather feedback on planogram quality and customer response to planograms and assortments.
- Manage store communications for operations in relation to planogram updates and additions and respond to inquiries.
- Manage Space Planning responses and adherence to SLA for store ticketing system.
- Oversee creation and maintenance of planograms for store projects and new stores initiatives.
- Provide regular updates to the Senior Manager, Space Planning on project status, risks, timelines, and overall team performance, ensuring clear visibility into priorities, team capacity, and progress against key objectives
- Responsible for overseeing timelines for planogram execution, following up with space planners and cross functional partners.
- 3 - 5 years of space planning or category management experience.
- Leadership management experience is an asset.
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- Advanced MS Office suite skills including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Strong experience with Space Planning Software. Knowledge of Blue Yonder/JDA solutions is an asset.
- Strong interpersonal and people management skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
- Comfortable interacting with all levels of management and cross-functional partners.
- A proactive attitude and sense of urgency.
Office environment – Hybrid, with 4 days onsite in Richmond Hill, subject to the hybrid policy.
Some Of What You Will Get
- Associate discount
- Health and Dental benefits
- RRSP/DPSP
- Performance bonuses
- Learning & Development programs
- And more...
We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for an existing vacancy.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the Space Planning function and team, overseeing planogram development, execution, resets, and continuous improvement to support sales growth, customer experience, and space productivity. Coordinate with merchandising, store operations, and other partners on category reviews, store communications, planogram projects, timelines, and execution.
Requirements
Requires 3–5 years of space planning or category management experience, post-secondary education or equivalent experience, and strong proficiency with space planning software and Microsoft Office. Leadership experience is an asset; candidates should also demonstrate strong communication, organization, people management, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Skills
- Space Planning
- Planogram Development
- Category Management
- People Management
- Advanced Microsoft Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Space Planning Software
- Blue Yonder/JDA
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Communication
- Organization
- Problem-Solving
- Decision-Making
- Process Improvement
Benefits
- Associate Discount
- Health And Dental Benefits
- RRSP/DPSP
- Performance Bonuses
- Learning And Development Programs
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Retail
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Space Planning
- Planograms
- Category Management
- Merchandising
- Store Operations
- Space Planning Software
- Blue Yonder/JDA
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Inventory Optimization
- Customer Shopability
- Category Strategy
- Planogram Reset Calendar
- Product Line Reviews
- Signage
- Asset Protection
- Fixtures
- Store Communications
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Store Ticketing System
- New Store Initiatives
- Process Automation
- Standardization
- Process Simplification
- Cross-Functional Collaboration