Senior Store Planning Project Lead — Hybrid/Remote

Ross Stores; Dublin (CA); Hybrid; USD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Ross Stores is seeking a Lead Store Planner to drive the design and development of store planning projects, including new stores, refreshes, and remodels. You will analyze merchandise and capacity, present floor plan proposals to senior management, and ensure data accuracy across planning tools and databases.

The role demands 5+ years in space planning with AutoCAD, strong MS Office skills, and experience leading cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Space Planning experience using AutoCAD.
• Minimum 2 years of leading projects in Store Planning.
• 4-year degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Industrial Design or related field preferred.
• Expertise with Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint and Word, as well as Teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain project schedules and provide consistent, comprehensive weekly status updates to the Manager, Store Planning & Design.
• Manage all planning projects as required by Store Operations including presentation of work and new concept designs to senior leadership.
• Coordinates resource allocation and assignment of all projects within the team.
• Oversees the development of plans and documents for new stores and other projects as assigned to the team.
• Partners with Manager as the single point of contact for all assigned projects. Communicates and interacts with the team to provide leadership, guidance and ensures projects are executed accurately within company standards.
• Partner cross functionally across multiple shared projects, often happening simultaneously.
• Collaborate with Store Planning counterparts, Fixture Design, and Fixture Purchasing teams to manage the design and documentation of all new fixturing blocks and design details.
• Maintain the internal database of active stores, fixture types, store info, users, and accuracy of all data; interface with third party software representatives to address bugs and auditing of information as necessary.
• Maintain the capacity tool template, partnering with Business Intelligence as needed.

Skills

Space planning

Project leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Architecture/Interior Design degree or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Teams

Job description

Ross Stores is seeking a Lead Store Planner to drive the design and development of store planning projects, including new stores, refreshes, and remodels. You will analyze merchandise and capacity, present floor plan proposals to senior management, and ensure data accuracy across planning tools and databases.

The role demands 5+ years in space planning with AutoCAD, strong MS Office skills, and experience leading cross-functional teams.