Merchandise Planning Executive

Cold Storage Singapore 1983 Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer in Singapore is seeking a Merchandise Planning Executive to drive sales through efficient planogram management. This role involves ensuring timely updates and consistency across store clusters, managing the annual Space, Range, Display process, and collaborating with various teams to optimize sales performance. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant diploma and have strong Excel skills, along with experience in retail. This position is integral to enhancing in-store productivity and requires excellent communication capabilities.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years prior experience in supermarket grocery or retail is an added advantage.
• Able to work in fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure planograms are always up to date.
• Gather and share insights to support opportunities for space planning improvements.
• Manage the overall range review process in line with the category teams.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proficiency in MS Excel

Ability to work across stakeholders

Education

Relevant Diploma qualification or higher

Job description

Summary

The Merchandise Planning Executive supports the execution of efficient planograms to drive sales and improve space productivity across store clusters. This role ensures planograms are accurate, timely, and aligned with merchandising principles and category strategies. Key responsibilities include maintaining planogram updates, supporting range and space reviews, analysing sales and space performance, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless rollout and execution.

Role Description

• Ensure planograms are always up to date
• Ensure timely planogram roll out and modules update
• Set Critical Path for Team Members on various projects
• Gather and share insights to support opportunities for space planning improvements
• Review sales analysis and space performance of categories to create efficiently optimised planograms to maximise sales and profit
• Ensure consistency of product range across all store’s clusters
• Ensure Assortment IDs are tagged to the correct site as to avoid store replenishment and scanning issues at checkout.
• Adhere to the general Merchandising Principles and guidelines (Sub-Category Flow, Good Better Best, Own Brand, Customer Decision Tree, Alignment of Need States, Product Status, Days Of Supply, Case On Shelf)
• Manage the annual Space, Range, Display (SRD) process, reporting accurately on the efficiency of all in store space and building the annual plans to reflect latest performance, consumer needs and category growth plans
• Provide regular updates on SRD team member performance
• Ensure all stakeholders are involved in the SRD process and aware of the key timelines
• Maintain accurate and up to date customer decision trees for responsible categories ensuring that they are updated regularly
• Manage the overall range review process in line with the category teams ensuring that all range reviews are signed off in a robust manner and all planograms are built and signed off

About You

• A relevant Diploma qualification or higher
• 1-2 years prior experience in supermarket grocery or retail is an added advantage
• Able to work well across multiple internal stakeholders, strong communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office, especially MS Excel
• Able to work in fast-paced environment