Space Planning Lead: Boost Store Productivity & Visuals

canadiantirecorporation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is seeking a senior leader to drive sustainable improvements in in-store space productivity through planograms and visual merchandising. You will lead a team of Space Planning Specialists to deliver timely, accurate planograms and engaging visual programs for new Concept stores and Private Label Brands.

The role emphasizes developing team members, coaching, and applying strong analytical skills to translate data into actionable space plans that boost sales and

Qualifications

• Post-secondary university education in Retail Management or similar.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a leadership role.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressive retail merchandising experience.
• Knowledge of Canadian Tire Merchandising philosophies, best practices and store environments are an asset.
• Working knowledge of retail space management practices and technology, with experience working with the JDA/Blue Yonder Space Planning or Spaceman.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing and effective utilization of space in-store, in support of merchandising strategic priorities, store, market and customer insights.
• Create retail floor plans that accurately translate Line of Business priorities with factual space allocation and planogram placement.
• Drive sales and margin planogram productivity across the organization to ensure linear resources are appropriately allocated and optimized.
• Manage a team of Space Planning Specialists to deliver timely, accurate and visually appealing planograms and out of department visual presentation programs supporting new Concept stores and Private Label Brands.
• Leverage various internal groups and committees such as Physical Store to obtain feedback on programs including conducting post mortems with the Category teams.
• Ensure Retail City CTR lab store is well merchandised and kept up to date with our latest assortments.
• Sign-off on all planograms to ensure all financial and operational metrics, as well as visual merchandising standards are met.

Skills

Leadership

Space planning

Merchandising

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Post-secondary university education in Retail Management or similar

Tools

JDA/Blue Yonder Space Planning

Spaceman

Job description

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is seeking a senior leader to drive sustainable improvements in in-store space productivity through planograms and visual merchandising. You will lead a team of Space Planning Specialists to deliver timely, accurate planograms and engaging visual programs for new Concept stores and Private Label Brands.

The role emphasizes developing team members, coaching, and applying strong analytical skills to translate data into actionable space plans that boost sales and