Manager Space Planning- Europe (m/f/d) temporary until 31.08.2027

Manager Space Planning - Europe (m/f/d) temporary until

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation

Space planning is vital for the success of our retail stores. Store layout plays an important role in enhancing our brands by creating memorable consumer experiences. Space planning is the art and science of maximizing floor and merchandising space. It involves organising in‑store elements to create a customer flow. This position enables us to use our stores efficiently and ensures that the customer finds everything they need, ultimately improving our financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to creating new approaches and concepts for space planning
• Create floor plans combining capacity, consumer journeys and financial plans. This includes:
  • Efficiently creating layout drawings
  • Analyzing comprehensive datasets, allocating fixture space based on current sales, inventory turn, sales potential, and consumer friendliness
  • Bearing accountability for data integrity of all planograms and planogram assignments
• Optimize existing floor and capacity plans. Proactively analyze the need for changes and execute adjustments according to an annual schedule using historical data and current insights
• Assist with giving input to the stockroom team
• Support store opening and refit processes
• Collaborate with the merchandising and planning teams on the basis of KPIs
• Orchestration and leadership of the space planning team

Key Relationships

• Retail operations & local retail teams
• Merchandising & GTM
• Visual Merchandising
• Market finance teams

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Technical skills in pre‑season planning and buying for a multichannel direct‑to‑consumer global brand
• Deep knowledge of merchandising and retail supply and operations topics and broad knowledge of other functional areas involved in the planning & buying process
• Product knowledge and understanding of inventory principles
• Interpersonal, analytical and project management skills
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills as well as strong creative merchandising skills
• Fluent in English

Requisite Education & Experience / Minimum Qualification

• University degree in business, ideally with marketing and sales focus or equivalent professional experience
• Retail knowledge gained through working in stores
• 5 years of typical relevant work experience

Location and Reporting

Bereich: Europe

Abteilung: Retail Planning & Systems

Direkt Unterstellt: Senior Manager Planning

Standort: Herzogenaurach

Funktionsgruppe: –

Number of under‑ordained persons: M4

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