Senior Analyst, Modular and Space Execution

Walmart; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

A large retail corporation in Mississauga is seeking a Senior Analyst for Modular and Space Execution to analyze and optimize category floor plans. The role entails collaborating with stakeholders to ensure effective execution and involves responsibilities in managing data, reporting, and contributing to strategic initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and experience in retail, especially in space planning or merchandising. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in a retail environment is preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize category floor plans.
• Manage modular and space processes.
• Develop reports and analytical insights.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Prioritization

Retail experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

3-5 years of relevant experience

Tools

Blue Yonder/JDA Category Management

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior Analyst, Modular and Space Execution is responsible for analyzing, optimizing, building, reporting, and assigning strategies that drive sales through effective category floor plans and planograms. This role collaborates with various stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality execution of modular and space processes.

What You'll Do

The Senior Analyst, Modular and Space Execution supports Modular Relay Schedules, Format Development, or project-related planograms and category floor plan refreshes when required. Building strong collaborative relationships with merchandise senior directors and category managers, the position identifies space optimization opportunities that ensure stores receive the optimal assortment and space configuration for profitable sales and efficient operations. The role includes supporting project meetings to share process timelines, space excellence metrics, and addressing risks or obstacles in the creation and modification of planograms and category floor plans.

The position maintains an accurate planogram and category floor plan database, including item dimensions, fixture types, item locations, and capacities. The Senior Analyst provides insights, standards, measures, and expectations throughout the end-to-end process to ensure successful execution. Timely corrections of floor plan and planogram drawings are completed to comply with standards. The role also involves quality control services, document management, and managing change requests.

Communicating and producing outputs that reflect strong business acumen, the Senior Analyst manages multiple priorities and translates data insights into actionable strategies. The role collaborates with stores to resolve inquiries professionally and efficiently. The position also supports strategic initiatives by analyzing and modifying category and modular space, liaising with core space planners or third‑party vendors as necessary.

The Senior Analyst stays informed on market, category, brand, and consumer trends to provide valuable insights during planogram and floor plan processes. Actively engaging in process improvement, the position identifies and implements enhancements to space excellence efficiency, quality, and cross‑functional ways of working. The role also involves developing reports, dashboards, and providing analytical insights to improve results, as well as sharing expert knowledge on space excellence tools and methods with fellow planners and business partners.

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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Experience working in a retail environment. Space Planning, Merchandising and/or Operations experience is preferred
• Experience using the Blue Yonder/JDA Category Management suite of applications, in particular Space Planning and Floor Planning is preferred
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and work in a fast‑paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

The pay range for this position is $83,250.00 – $101,750.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Age – 16 or older

Preferred Qualifications

• Outlines below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Walmart will accommodate the disability‑related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location

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