Micro Space Planner - Retail

Micro Space Planner - Retail

£36,000 to £45,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)

Manchester city centre, hybrid working (the team tend to come into the office once a week) with occasional travel to visit stores

12-month fixed term contract covering maternity leave

We’re looking for a Micro Space Planner to join our Merchandising Team to help shape the way our stores are laid out, benefitting both our customers and the business. At Co-op, we’re committed to providing shoppers with a fantastic experience that keeps them coming back to shop with us time and time again. We’ll look to you to develop amazing merchandising solutions that’ll appeal to our members and customers as well as boosting the performance of our stores.

You’ll make a huge contribution to accomplishing category goals by creating merchandising plans that deliver customer and business value. If you’ve got the expert planning and relationship management skills we need, then we can offer you a unique opportunity to learn, grow, and build a career with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy.

What you’ll do

• Translate key information from buyers and marketing teams to create and maintain customer centric planograms using JDA software
• Evaluate effectiveness of merchandising planograms, in terms of sales, profit and customer availability to ensure effective use of micro space.
• Manage multiple range reviews so that critical milestones are delivered on time and aligned to category strategies.
• Improve operational efficiency and customer experience through planograms
• Support ongoing projects in the Merchandising team
• Work cross functionally with Commercial, Supply Chain and Store operations teams to ensure successful planogram implementation to deliver continuous improvement

This role would suit people who have

• A strong understanding of space planning principles ideally with experience using space planning tools and category management
• Great analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Commercially minded, with the ability to balance customer goals with business needs
• A talent for building strong relationships with partners across the business, able to challenge
• The ability to work to tight deadlines and juggle conflicting priorities
• Solid Excel skills, able to perform advance functions and formulas
• Strong presentation skills

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.