Space Planner

Bosselman Enterprises; Grand Island (NE); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

401K and matching contributions

Health, dental and vision insurance

Short and long term disability insurance

Life insurance

Career growth opportunities

On-demand pay with PayActiv

Job summary

Bosselman Enterprises in Grand Island seeks a Space Planner to develop and maintain store floor plans and planograms that enhance merchandising strategies. You'll work closely with category managers and store teams to ensure seamless execution.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree and has 2-4 years of relevant experience, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in planogram software. Benefits include health insurance and a 401K plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2–4 years of retail space planning, merchandising, or planogram experience.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain store floor plans and planograms.
• Optimize store layouts for efficient customer flow.
• Collaborate with category managers and store teams.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Proficiency with space management and planogram software

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Ability to deliver customer service

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, or Retail Management

Tools

Blue Yonder

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

The Space Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining store floor plans and planograms that support merchandising and category strategies. This role translates merchandising direction into clear, accurate, and executable layouts, ensuring consistency, operational efficiency, and an effective customer experience. The Space Planner partners closely with category managers, operations, and store teams and may provide secondary support for inventory, pricing, and promotional execution.

Bosselman has many benefits to offer you that you will not find anywhere else like:

• Paid vacation
• 401K and matching contributions
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Short and long term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• A clearly defined path for growth
• On-demand pay with PayActiv (access to earned but not yet paid wages)
• And much more!

Bosselman offers on-demand pay (access to earned but not yet paid wages) through:

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and executes store floor plans aligned with merchandising and category strategies.
• Creates layouts by store format, footprint, and set, optimizing selling space, customer flow, and operational efficiency.
• Plans placement of fixtures, end caps, shipper displays, and promotional displays.
• Develops and maintains planograms that reflect approved merchandising direction and adjust for store-specific constraints.
• Maintains accurate planogram files, documentation, and version control.
• Uploads, organizes, and manages planograms within store-facing platforms.
• Ensure store layouts and planograms are clear, accurate, and executable, maintaining accessible documentation and fostering strong collaboration with merchandising, foodservice, and operations teams to minimize execution issues.
• Ensures stores have access to current, accurate layouts and planograms.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for space planning systems, tools, and processes.
• Collaborates with category managers, foodservice teams, and store operations to ensure plans are executable.
• Communicates layout and display placement guidance clearly to store teams.
• Ensures layouts comply with safety, ADA, and fire code requirements.
• Identifies and resolves layout conflicts prior to execution.
• Supports inventory system maintenance, reporting, and product lifecycle updates.
• Assists with pricing, promotional execution, and signage.
• Provides additional merchandising or operational support during peak periods.

Additional Job Duties:

• Assists in other duties, as assigned.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience (include certs or licenses needed):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Retail Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2–4 years of retail space planning, merchandising, or planogram experience.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams to implement store layouts and merchandising programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proficiency with space management and planogram software, including Blue Yonder.
• Working knowledge of design/layout tools such as AutoCAD or similar.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.
• Ability to deliver friendly, courteous, and professional customer service.
• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including occasional travel, as needed to support store execution.
• Must be able to communicate in English. – IF APPLICABLE
• Possess a valid driver’s license and be insurable to drive.
• Able and willing to work cooperatively with other team members.
• Must be able to work 50 hours or more a week, work weekends, travel and stay overnight if needed to complete business.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Space Planner to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions, provided such accommodations do not create an undue hardship for the Company.

• This employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs., while performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods of time and occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear.
• Physical attendance at the primary work location is required.