Visual Merchandising Architect: Planograms & Space Strategy

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.; McAlisters Crossroads (PA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. is seeking a Visual Merchandising Associate to translate the Buyers vision into store planograms and floor layouts. You will publish directives for field teams, align game plans with corporate strategy, and help ensure accurate inventories across clusters and stores.

The role requires collaboration with Buyers, Planning, Allocation, and Marketing, plus the ability to travel for store resets and openings. Strong space-planning and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Merchandising or Marketing.
• 1-3 years experience space planning, field retail, merchandising, inventory management, or related role.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience utilizing Adobe Creative Suite, Autocad, JDA Space Planning or other industry space planning software (SAS, Spaceman, Apollo).
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Business acumen.
• Customer-service oriented.
• Strong Interpersonal and client consultation skills.
• Self-motivated and results oriented.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Problem solving & troubleshooting capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Strong detail orientation.
• Superior organizational abilities.
• Process & Procedure Oriented.
• Some travel required.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Buyers initial assortment plans to create planograms that are cluster or store specific as well as Game plans that align with corporate strategy, planograms, prototype flows and marketing.
• Produce written directives instructing the field organization on efficient in-store implementation of game plans and planograms.
• Responsible to collaborate with the Allocation Team once planograms are complete to ensure proper store inventories.
• Analyze SKU productivity on planograms for assigned categories and provide recommendations to the Merchants that identify potential opportunities to improve sales and productivity of space.
• Recognize and react to gaps in the assortment when completing planograms.
• Assist in solving store specific planogram and merchandising issues within established timeframes.
• Actively participate in weekly Merchant Business Review meetings by sharing productivity findings, timelines and field feedback.
• Become a business expert for assigned areas.
• Coordinate and conduct physical setup of initial through final product sections and floor layouts in the lab or store environment.
• Coordinate with merchants and marketing to ensure all necessary product and collateral is available for floorsets and walk throughs.
• Establish and enforce visual standards for assigned areas.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross-functional teams (Buyers, Planning, Allocation, Marketing, Store Operations, Risk and LP).
• Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency of information, share best practices and develop knowledge.
• Participate in the completion of Special Projects as assigned by supervisor (special store projects, new initiatives, strategy expansions, and department resets, etc).
• Support floor and visual teams to ensure that merchandise and space plans are complete and accurate for new stores, remodels and prototype resets.

Skills

Space planning

Merchandising

Customer service

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/Merchandising/Marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Autodesk AutoCAD

JDA Space Planning

Job description

DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. is seeking a Visual Merchandising Associate to translate the Buyers vision into store planograms and floor layouts. You will publish directives for field teams, align game plans with corporate strategy, and help ensure accurate inventories across clusters and stores.

The role requires collaboration with Buyers, Planning, Allocation, and Marketing, plus the ability to travel for store resets and openings. Strong space-planning and communication skills are essential.