Space Planning and Merchandising Manager

• Develop our merchandising principles and guardrails to make sure our proposition consistently shows up for our customers, members and colleagues
• Drive the change needed to embed strategies and objectives into ways of working processes and decision-making across our partner business areas 
• Look to continuously improve how we use our micro-space and merchandising capability to meet our business and customer needs, making sure it’s commercially successful and fit for the future
• Lead, coach and develop a large team of Micro Space Planners responsible for the optimisation and maintenance of all multi-channel planograms 
• Work cross-functionally and influence across the business to make sure the teams are aligned and can deliver successfully across customer, commercial and operational outcomes
• Make sure planograms are continually maintained accurately, on time and to agreed quality and outcomes 
• Work together with business leaders to set up the right conditions to enable the team to meet all merchandising principles and guardrails whilst delivering against range review and promotional objectives 
• Support and input into projects, tests, and trials that require a different approach to support our changing business strategy and objectives

• Experience in motivating and leading a successful team whilst prioritising the delivery of business needs and objectives
• A customer-first mindset and commercial acumen
• A clear focus on future planning, to help influence the right decision making today
• The ability to champion change whilst building strong relationships internally and externally to create a rounded view and understanding of different priorities and perspectives 
• Excellent influencing, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to question and challenge where necessary 
• Category management and merchandising/display experience with an understanding of inventory and range review processes

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.