Space Planning Executive

Nestlé S.A.; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestle Malaysia is seeking a Space Planning Executive in Petaling Jaya to drive shopper engagement and on-shelf conversion. You will translate category strategy into actionable planograms and store layouts across key accounts.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 2+ years in FMCG, and will leverage Merchandising Best Practice guidelines to optimise in-store presence. Experience with Spaceman is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in FMCG industry, with data analytics.
• Proficiency with Spaceman software is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and cascade category picture of success for on-shelf with the Merchandising Toolkit.
• Develop Sales teams' capability on Merchandising Best Practices (WIES) and store layouts.
• Advise on NPD placement and planograms based on shopper insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve planograms for key accounts.

Skills

Space planning

Merchandising

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Marketing/Finance

Tools

Spaceman

Job description

Location: Petaling Jaya, MY
Company: Nestle Malaysia
Full-time
Bachelor’s Degree
5+ years of experience

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Space Planning Executive to drive shopper centricity among Commercial teams by enabling Shopper Engagement and Conversion on-shelf to derive Competitive Advantage within the Category that can be used to drive Channel and Customer Relationships.

A day in the life of a Space Planning Executive

• Responsible to develop and cascade Nestle prescribed category picture of success for the homeshelf via the Merchandising Toolkit
• Responsible to develop capability of Sales teams on Merchandising Best Practice Guidelines (WIES) along with Category Adjacency and Optimal Store Layout
• Responsible to advise on NPD placement on-shelf by developing planogram based on shopper understanding and organising shelf test to gather feedback from Sales team
• Responsible to advise on opportunity identification for planogram improvement in key accounts and recommending in-store best practices for developing and emerging channels
• Responsible to propose and justify planogram improvements/revamp for NCM accounts based on shopper decision hierarchy (including for JBP and Business Review purpose)
• Responsible to propose improved store layouts for Region customers within LS and GT (Perfect Store)
• Responsible to update WIES Scorecard Criteria based on latest market shares and prioritised display solutions in-store
• Responsible for ensuring adherence to all company principles and policies.

What will make you successful

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.
• With minimum 2 years working experience in the FMCG industry and comfortable to work with data, preferably with Space Planning experience
• Proficiency with Spaceman software is an added advantage