Space and Assortment Consultant

Supply Chain Company; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive salary

RELEX training

Own workstream from day one

Team with impact on sustainability

Job summary

The Supply Chain Company (SCC) in Leeds, UK, is hiring a Space and Assortment Consultant to help retailers decide what goes on the shelf, where it goes and why, using RELEX merchandising tools.

You'll lead RELEX Space and Assortment planning from workshops to go-live, collaborate with space, category and store teams, and train planners to embed the new process; travel to client sites in the UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on space planning experience with retailers, suppliers, or consultancies.
• Experience with space planning tools such as RELEX, Blue Yonder, Nielsen Spaceman, or Apollo.
• Comfort with data and communicating with senior stakeholders; travel UK/Europe.

Responsibilities

• Run discovery workshops with space, category and trading teams to understand current planning.
• Design and configure RELEX for micro space (planogram automation, labels, datasheets, validations and workflows) and macro space (floor plans).
• Convert category strategy into rules the system applies at scale.
• Assist with data validation, checking product, fixture and store data before it reaches the system.
• Build and test planogram templates, write test scripts and support UAT through go-live.
• Help clients get planograms out to stores and check they are set up as planned.
• Train planners and category managers, and support post-launch adoption.
• Identify space and range changes that lift sales, reduce stock or cut waste with data-backed insight.
• Contribute to growing SCC's merchandising practice, including pre-sales demos.

Skills

Space planning

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

Education

Degree in business or related field

Tools

RELEX

Blue Yonder

Nielsen Spaceman

Apollo

Job description

The Supply Chain Company (SCC) | Partner of RELEX Solutions

Location: Leeds, UK (Hybrid working)

You know what a good planogram looks like. Now help retailers produce thousands of them automatically, built on their own sales, stock and store data. SCC is growing its RELEX merchandising practice, and we're hiring a Space and Assortment Consultant to help retailers decide what goes on the shelf, where it goes and why.

About SCC

The Supply Chain Company is a supply chain consultancy and RELEX Solutions partner. We work with retail, consumer goods and manufacturing businesses to improve planning, availability and day-to-day performance.

Your role

You'll implement RELEX Space and Assortment planning for our clients, from the first workshop through go-live and beyond. You'll own your workstream, work directly with space, category and store teams, and turn their ranging and layout decisions into rules RELEX applies across every store. Because RELEX links space to forecasting and replenishment, you'll also see how a shelf decision shows up in availability and stock. Many of our clients use RELEX across their wider planning, so you'll have the chance to build expertise in other parts of the platform as your career develops.

Key responsibilities

• Run discovery workshops with space, category and trading teams to understand how they plan ranges and layouts today
• Design and configure RELEX for micro space (planogram automation, labels, datasheets, validations and workflows) and macro space (floor plans and store layouts)
• Convert category strategy into rules the system applies at scale
• Assist with data validation, working with client and SCC data teams to check product, fixture and store data before it reaches the system
• Build and test planogram templates, write test scripts and support UAT through to go-live
• Help clients get planograms out to stores and check they are set up as planned
• Train planners and category managers, and support them after launch so the new process sticks
• Find where space and range changes can lift sales, reduce stock or cut waste, and back it up with numbers
• Help grow SCC's merchandising practice, from supporting pre-sales demos to improving how we deliver

What you'll bring to the table

• 3+ years of hands-on space planning experience, at a retailer, supplier, or software or consulting firm
• Day-to-day use of at least one space planning tool, such as RELEX, Blue Yonder (JDA) Space Planning, Nielsen Spaceman or Apollo
• A solid grasp of planograms, fixtures, store clustering and assortment decisions
• Confidence with data
• The confidence to run a workshop with category managers and communicate with senior stakeholders
• Willingness to travel to client sites in the UK and occasionally in Europe

What we consider an advantage

• Category management experience, especially on the retailer side
• Previous software implementation or consulting experience
• Experience in dense ranges such as grocery, DIY, health and beauty or convenience
• Exposure to pricing, promotions or markdown planning
• SQL, Power BI or similar analytical tools
• A degree in business, retail, supply chain, mathematics or a related field

What we offer

• A Leeds-based role with hybrid working
• Competitive salary and package
• Full RELEX training and certification
• Your own workstream on client projects from day one
• A small, ambitious team where your ideas shape how we deliver
• Work that helps businesses reduce waste and operate more sustainably