We have multiple opportunities for Space planners to join our Space & Range team on a 12 month fixed term maternity leave cover contract, based in Sydney. In this role you will get to partner with the Commercial Team, Operation Leaders and collaborate end-to-end across business functions to support the range review process including the development, updating and maintenance of planograms and layouts contributing to the category strategy.
The Space & Range Team is made up of smart people with smart ideas, helping to co-create the overall category plan right across BIG W. We’re a team that is curious, resourceful and willing to experiment with everything that we do. We analyse customer & market insights and data to come up with clear category plans, and we partner with our commercial, stores, marketing and replenishment teams to influence the location, range, price, flow and the shopping experience of our categories.
About BIG W
BIG W is one of Australia’s most loved brands and has been part of our families for over 40 years. At BIG W, we put our customer at the heart of everything we do across our network of 183 stores nationally. We sell exclusive BIG W brands that are simply great quality at low prices as well as feature leading international brands. Our customers can choose everything for their kids, home, themselves, for leisure and for their everyday life. Our team of over 16,000 members is located in Australia, Hong Kong and Bangladesh.
About the Opportunity
The key function of this role is drawing analysis from customer & market trends. Utilising visual merchandise principles, you will get to partner closely with your stakeholders to continuously improve the product performance to make a massive and positive impact on the overall customer shopping experience.
Some additional key responsibilities include:
- Analyse customer data & market insights to make recommendations on our products spacing and ranging initiatives
- Partner closely with Operation and Support Office Teams to continuously improve our planogram roll outs
- Work end to end with stakeholders to deliver project milestones and deliver planograms into stores as per scheduled timelines
- Utilising visual merchandise principles to build a planogram that contribute positively towards our customer shopping experience
- Participate in and support initiatives that drive continuous improvement for the business performance
- Support with any planogram related queries
About you
Keen on the opportunity? Let’s talk about your skills now!
Whilst Space experience is a big plus, we are also open to applications with no to limited experience - we’ll teach you how to do the role. What you do need however, is knowing how you contribute to the team and how to make a difference for our customers. You’ll need to be curious with an eye for the bigger picture. You deal with complexity by collaborating with your team, listening to our customers, testing ideas and continuously learning and of course - you have to love your numbers and spreadsheet
The following experience would also be of benefit to your new role:
- Good time management skills
- Strong communication skills, ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Previous experience working in a retail industry is desirable
- Experience using JDA or Spaceman or Autocad Lite is desirable
As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do. As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference. We value diversity and aim to create a vibrant and inclusive workforce which reflects the communities we serve.
Grow with the Group
We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.
We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.
We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.
Sound like your next opportunity? Apply now or head along to www.wowcareers.com.au to discover more!
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