Merchandise Planning, Senior/Executive

DFI Retail Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Singapore seeks a Space Planning Executive to support effective planograms, enhance sales productivity, and coordinate with teams. The ideal candidate has a degree and at least 1 year of experience in retail, preferably in grocery or space management. Strong communication and MS Excel skills are vital for success in this fast-paced role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience in the retail industry.
• Prior experience in supermarket grocery or space management is advantageous.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure planograms are always up to date.
• Manage the annual Space, Range, Display (SRD) process.
• Gather and share insights for space planning improvements.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proficiency in MS Office, especially MS Excel

Ability to work across multiple internal stakeholders

Education

Degree holder

Job description

Role Summary

The Space 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.

The Role

• 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

• Degree holder with minimum 1 year experience in the retail industry
• Prior experience in supermarket grocery or space management is advantageous
• Able to work well across multiple internal stakeholders, strong communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office, especially MS Excel
• Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and able to work in a fast-paced environment