Floor Space Analyst

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Clicks Group

To provide analysis and reviews on Macro Space performance using, Floor Space Allocation (FSA), highlights and available financial data to optimise, sequence and apportion floor space

• To drive the effective delivery of floor plan and fixture development at store level in support of strategic, category and format initiatives
• Utilization of multiple Floor Planning Data Points to perform what if scenario for the Category teams to optimise space performance at department level
• Ensure Department, Fixtures, Sequence, Fixture Allocation Group data is set up in FSA
• Consult with Category to inform space flex decisions & collaborate with Channel Clustering Analyst, Assortment Optimisation Analyst to review the FSA Allocation Details Report to build recommended range
• Manage all Floor Space inputs & tools to ensure delivery and improvement of rule sets and guidelines, to develop and maintain the best floor plans for our stores that meet the needs of our customers
• Continuously evaluate and optimize planograms for given categories to improve functionality, accurately reflect assortment decisions and are consistent with category strategy, visual merchandising standards and planogram optimization targets
• Develop clear and concise written directives guiding store design, store operations on efficient in-store implementation space changes and visual merchandising standards
• Provide support for store specific planogram and merchandising concerns
• Analyse SKU productivity on planograms for assigned categories and provide recommendations to improve sales and productivity of space
• Ensure effective people management and development

• Knowledge of Category merchandising principles and processes.
• Knowledgeable in in-store layouts, merchandising processes and tools required.
• Experience working on multiple categories, using facts, to determine best assortment & merchandising flow that exceeds customer expectations.
• Aptitude to assess and analyse internal & external data points & insights, managing, facilitate & deliver focused opportunity targets and vendor negotiation opportunity.
• Analytically minded with strong logic and organizational skills.
• Technical aptitude - ability to pull, organize and prioritise data.
• The ability to turn data and/or insights into clearly articulated views for business socialisation.
• Background in business intelligence tools data mining techniques.

• Background in business intelligence tools data mining techniques.
• Execution of new stores/products process using required commercial acumen.
• Experience working on multiple categories, using curated data, to determine best assortment that exceeds customer expectations.
• Understanding of customer shopping behavioural trends, competitive environment and market share.
• Aptitude to assess and analyse internal & external data points & extract key insights.
• Supporting the presentation of commercial opportunity targets in preparation for vendor negotiations.
• Highly analytically minded with strong logic and organisational skills.
• Technical aptitude - ability to pull, organise and prioritise complex data sets to improve the decision making process to optimise range.
• Previous experience in category would be advantageous.

• 3-5 years of transferable retail experience within Store Merchandising, Store Planning or Facilities Planning required.
• 5 years' experience in merchandising, space planning, store planning, or related role.

• MIS or Business Degree or equivalent experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and retail operations experience;

• Previous CPG/food & beverage experience preferred;
• Planogram software experience (i.e. JDA/BY/Apollo/Spaceman/etc.) preferred;

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Leading and Supervising
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Analysing
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts
• Planning and Organising
• Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking