Merchandise Space Planner - Mississauga, Canada - Randstad Canada

Description

Do you have JDA Floor Plan and Space Planning experience? Are you able to communicate, negotiate, and influence? Are you eager to gain some experience in the retail industry? Do you have strong Project Management skills? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you

Our client is looking for Merchandise Space Planner for a 10 month contract in Mississauga. This is on site role.

Pay rate:
$24.14 / Hour

Working Hours: 37.5hrs/week

Advantages

• Work for one of Canada's largest retail companies
• Competitive pay rate
• Long term contract
• Hybrid role

Responsibilities
As a Merchandise Space Planner, your duties may include but not be limited to:

• Providing quality control and administrative services to core Space Planners by conducting quality checks, ensuring document control, and completing system finalization of checked-in planograms and category floor plans.
• Providing Level 1 store support and CA technical support for issues related to category floor plans and/or planograms.
• Tracking all intakes/support tickets ensuring timely follow-up and communication.
• Resolving simple issues when possible; triages complex issues to appropriate core Space Planner and/or cross-functional resources for research and root cause analysis when needed.
• Tracking defects and institutes corrective actions related to process, ways of working, and reporting as needed.
• Supporting actively Merchandising and broader organizational Strategic initiatives requiring analysis and/or modifications to category and/or modular space, including intake and assessment of requests, scoping, preparation of hand-off documents, and liaising with Core Space Planner or 3rd party vendor support where necessary.
• Communicating and producing outputs that reflect strong business acumen and capacity to manage multiple priorities.
• Drawing insights from data and translates into action, with an ability to negotiate and influence decisions.
• Maintaining working knowledge of market, category, brand, and consumer trends in order to provide insights during planogram build process.
• Engaging actively in process improvement to identify and action enhancements to Space Excellence efficiency, quality, and cross-functional ways of working.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education Required College Certificate or Diploma
• Minimum Years of Experience Required- 2 years
• JDA Floor Plan and Space Planning experience and expertise
• Strong analytical & business acumen
• Ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, and influence
• Strong team player
• Strong Project Management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt accordingly

Nice to have:

• JDA Certification (Considered an Asset)

Summary
If you are interested in the Merchandise Space Planner, please apply online at

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