Space Planning & Insights Leader

Sazerac Company; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 108,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with matching

PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sazerac Company is seeking a Space Planning Manager in Fort Lauderdale to bridge data and shelf execution. You will lead a team, drive space management across major retailers, and shape category strategies with shopper insights.

Strong cross-functional collaboration and data interpretation are essential. Responsibilities include planogram development, project leadership, and delivering measurable shelf improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Analytics, or related field.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in space management, space planning, category management, merchandising, or retail analytics.
• 2+ years in consumer-packaged goods, beverage alcohol, or retail industry experience.
• Experience leading projects and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
• Advanced knowledge of space planning tools such as JDA/Blue Yonder, Shelf IQ, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Circana, NielsenIQ, and other syndicated data sources.
• Strong Excel and Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytical skills.
• Strong project management, communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to translate data into actionable customer and merchandising recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of space planning analysts, setting priorities and developing capabilities.
• Lead space management initiatives across National Large Format and Control State retailers.
• Lead category captaincies and strategic customer engagements, developing merchandising strategies aligned to retailer and Sazerac priorities.
• Build trusted relationships with retail partners and internal stakeholders to influence decisions through fact-based recommendations.
• Translate shopper insights, syndicated data, and category strategies into actionable shelf and merchandising recommendations.
• Develop strategies that optimize assortment, share of shelf, adjacencies, shopper flow, and space productivity.
• Evaluate planogram effectiveness to identify opportunities for optimizing share of shelf, product adjacencies, and shopper flow.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in space planning, merchandising, and shelf strategy.
• Lead planogram development, optimization, and reset projects from strategy through execution.
• Drive planogram reset projects by managing timelines, coordinating resources, and aligning cross-functional teams for successful execution.
• Oversee data integrity, planogram libraries, imagery, and compliance with customer and category guidelines.
• Establish best practices and improve processes, tools, and capabilities to increase efficiency and scalability.
• Partner with the Category Leadership Team in executing space management initiatives to deliver best-in-class planograms for retail and wholesale partners.
• Deliver persuasive reporting and presentations to both internal and external stakeholders, providing high-level communication and professional service.
• Partner cross-functionally to lead retailer discussions with fact-based shelving recommendations, professional visuals, and category insights.
• Clearly articulate insights to identify opportunities and provide recommendations, evaluating how shelving strategies drive measurable results for strategic accounts.

Skills

Space planning

Category management

Analytical skills

Excel

Power BI / Tableau

Project management

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or analytics

Tools

JDA/Blue Yonder

ShelfIQ

Circana

NielsenIQ

Job description

Sazerac Company is seeking a Space Planning Manager in Fort Lauderdale to bridge data and shelf execution. You will lead a team, drive space management across major retailers, and shape category strategies with shopper insights.

Strong cross-functional collaboration and data interpretation are essential. Responsibilities include planogram development, project leadership, and delivering measurable shelf improvements.