Senior SAS Lead: Space & Assortment Analytics

your adv; Carlisle (Cumberland County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Your adv in the United States is seeking a SAS Lead Analyst to head space and assortment initiatives. You will guide cross-functional teams, mentor juniors, and drive data-informed decisions to optimize shelf placement and merchandising strategies.

The role emphasizes strategic advisory duties, senior stakeholder collaboration, and continuous process improvement across analytics platforms and tools.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience with planograms or floorplans.
• Experience with analysis in a professional setting.
• Experience in merchandising is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to align on client objectives, ensure best practices for space allocation and/or shelf placement, and deliver presentations and recommendations for assortment and space optimization solutions.
• Responsible for gathering customer insights and competitive data to support business objectives. Interprets analytical results, draws conclusions, and delivers clear, concise information across the business.
• Create and communicate merchandising presentations on strategies to enhance consumer shopping experience. May also support team members in retailer facing meetings to ensure objectives are met and notes are taken away or adjusted.
• Key business partner and advisor for merchandising organization on all matters related to space planning/analytics and planogram/floorplans.
• Manages and maintains spatial information workflows and analytics and makes recommendations for optimizing processes.
• May lead or support a team, delegating workload and ensuring consistent project completion.

Skills

Space planning

Assortment analysis

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Your adv in the United States is seeking a SAS Lead Analyst to head space and assortment initiatives. You will guide cross-functional teams, mentor juniors, and drive data-informed decisions to optimize shelf placement and merchandising strategies.

The role emphasizes strategic advisory duties, senior stakeholder collaboration, and continuous process improvement across analytics platforms and tools.