Job description

The Space Planning Analyst is responsible for driving analytical thought process as it pertains to industry best-in-class merchandising and inventory management. This individual will be knowledgeable in the various applications utilized by the merchandising department to assist in driving growth at RaceTrac stores. The Space Planning Analyst’s overall goal is to develop and champion solutions as they pertain to merchandising initiatives both at the SSC and store level.

Up to 20% travel will be required for this role.
Responsibilities:

• Utilize performance metrics including, but not limited to, days of supply, turns, margins, and sales to provide recommendations that identify potential opportunities to improve sales and productivity of space
• Utilize Category Management’s initial assortment plans to create planograms that are either cluster or store-specific, and align with corporate strategy, planograms, prototype flows and marketing
• Assist with performance-based insights for vendor negotiations
• Recognize and react to gaps in the assortment when completing planograms
• Assist in solving store-specific planogram and merchandising issues within established timeframes
• Develop and implement inventory management tools for the goal of providing additional cash flow and finding ideal inventory levels for stores
• Develop and maintain store-side suggested ordering, as well as a robust data performance infrastructure
• Generate robust data sets from internal data warehouses via SQL and Power BI to support well-reasoned business decisions
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with members of cross-functional teams including Information Systems, Store Planning, Merchandising, Operations, and more
• Provide outstanding internal customer service to Operations and Category Management teams

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• 3-5 years of relevant analytics experience required
• Advanced-level knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power BI
• Working knowledge of SQL is a plus!
• Previous exposure to JDA/Blue Yonder suite is a plus!

Job Type: Full-time

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