Space & Range, Executive

Watsons Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Watsons Malaysia is seeking a space planning and merchandising analyst to conduct space performance analysis, recommend SKU actions, and develop planograms using category sales data. The role includes coordinating space requests, collaborating with departments, and producing actionable insights to maximize sales and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and 3–4 years of related experience, with strong MS Excel, PowerPoint and data analytics skills, plus excellent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant field.
• 3–4 years of related experience.
• Skills: MS Excel, PowerPoint, basic data analytics; strong communication and organisation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze space performance by category sales, sales productivity, and trends.
• Recommend SKU expansion, removal, and reassignment.
• Rationalize SKUs to maximize sales and customer satisfaction.
• Develop planograms using available data and provide insights for assortment.
• Manage space requests and assignments; liaison between departments.
• Create space data reports to inform strategy and space insights.
• Develop business analyses for space and assortment development.
• Generate action plans to improve sales productivity.
• Review and track space/category projects post-implementation and advise reallocation.

Skills

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Data analytics

Communication

Organisation

Teamwork

Needs analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree / Post Graduate Diploma / Professional Degree in Business Studies / Administration / Management

Job description

• Understands and conducts appropriate analysis on space performance based on the each category sales, sales productivity and related sales trend. Recommend SKU to expand, remove and delete
• Conduct SKU rationalization to determine most productive assortment with available SKU space to ensure maximum sales and customer satisfaction
• Analyze retail and market level data to develop planogram utilizing manual platform, and to provide insights & recommendation on to the assortment in the planogram / merchandising execution
• Manage and facilitate the process of space requests and space assignments and make recommendations
• To act & assist as a key liaison between departments to maximize and utilize the space for new project/ category
• Responsible to manage space data to create meaningful reports for space insight and assist on strategy development
• Develop and provide appropriate business analysis for space and assortment development
• Generate recommended action plan to improve sales productivity
• Conducts review check & tracking after implementation of space/ category project and makes recommendations regarding the re-utilization and reassignment of space.
• Assist with administrative responsibilities prior to retail project sets such as data cleansing, planogram management, planogram retrieval, reviewing retail and category management guidelines, etc.

Job Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least Bachelor's Degree/Post Graduate Diploma/Professional Degree in Business Studies/Administration/Management, Others or equivalent.
• At least 3-4 Year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Required Skill(s): MS Excel, PowerPoint & Basic Data Analytical Skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to work in a team or as an individual
• Ability to interact with the business to understand their needs and interpret how they could be fulfilled using the available data.