Lead Specialist Store Planning-1

Walmart Canada Corp; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 74,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail corporation is seeking a qualified professional to integrate merchandise and operations strategies into various store formats and remodel projects. Candidates should hold a degree in a related field and have experience in creating retail floor plans. Proficiency in CAD and REVIT is essential. The role offers a competitive pay range of $74,000 to $101,750 based on experience, along with opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating and maintaining store floor plans for retail.
• Ability to maintain drawing accuracy and file structures throughout projects.
• Experience leveraging analytics to inform layout decisions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design managers and teams to create format projects.
• Update and maintain accurate floor plans for stores and remodels.
• Build relationships across teams to find and present space opportunities.

Skills

REVIT proficiency

CAD proficiency

Analytical skills

Space planning

Retail floor planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Store Planning

Job description

Position Summary

This role incorporates merchandise and operations strategies into each format and remodel project, drawing stores based on data to drive sales and profit.

What you’ll do

In collaboration with design managers and cross‑functional teams, this role draws all format projects and remodels, focusing on merchandise sales floors and back‑of‑house operations. Leveraging standards depicted by cross‑functional teams, this role uses CAD and/or REVIT for accurate drawings. Responsibilities include updating and maintaining floor plans, ensuring fixtures and counter locations are accurate. This role may also maintain file structures and version control of all drawings throughout projects and remodels.

This role leverages space analytics and utilizes recommendations to draw space across format projects and remodels. Identifying additional or reduction requirements to space, the role works together with cross‑functional teams to gain approval and provide analysis recaps of space changes. These recaps help build sales and gross margin forecasts.

Working cross‑functionally, this role ensures quality control of floor plans and resolves accuracy issues. Responsible for delivering high‑quality drawings to the execution team, this role also builds stores based on demographics and analytics. Building relationships across various teams, this role organizes data and identifies opportunities, summarizing drawing analysis to be presented to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Store Planning, or a related field or equivalent professional experience
• Proven experience creating and maintaining store floor plans for retail environments, including remodels and new formats
• Proficiency in REVIT and CAD for producing accurate, detailed drawings
• Strong understanding of merchandise sales floor layouts and back‑of‑house operational requirements
• Experience applying standardized design and space planning guidelines across multiple projects
• Ability to maintain drawing accuracy, file structures, and version control throughout project lifecycles
• Experience leveraging space analytics, data, and recommendations to inform layout decisions
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess space increases/reductions and document impacts

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associates feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

Acts with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non‑retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self‑aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve our Customers: Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni‑merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.

Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk‑taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Compensation

Pay range: $74,000 – $101,750. Pay determined based on relevant experience.

Location

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

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