Senior Manager, Space Planning

Job Description

You will lead the development and utilization of data that enables our sales team and broker partners to secure Category Advisor or Category Captain status with our customers.

You also provide project management & coordination for Space Planning projects .

Responsibilities

• Manage all activities involved in space planning and merchandising for the assigned categories for the assigned clients and customers.
• Train, supervise, and evaluate direct reports against completion of performance agreements, maintaining scorecards and submitting success stories .
• Responsible for analyzing data to develop recommendations geared towards our client's and / or customer's strategic objectives.
• Oversee team's preparation of space management client-deliverables to support category reviews including charts, graphs, velocity reports, financial metrics and planogram layouts.
• Engage regularly with clients to fully understand their needs; develop proposals to meet the client(s) and customer(s) expectations.

Serve as the client's advocate to Acosta to ensure our services and performance align with their expectations.

Provide analytical support for category management projects and initiatives including the development and maintenance of planograms , store clustering, implementing merchandising standards, and by utilizing Acosta's internal and proprietary tools;

leverage automation capabilities wherever possible.

Qualifications

• College degree or work experience equivalent and 5 - 7 years of relative experience in a Space Management related position or Space technology-based solution .
• 5 years in the Consumer Package Goods ( CPG ) industry preferred. Data analysis and project management background are a plus.
• Blue Yonder Category Management Suite and / or BY Space Planning experience is preferred, however, general space planning software experience is required , as well as Windows applications including PowerPoint and Excel to conduct data mining utilizing syndicated data sources and CPG math concepts .
• Experience managing a team of varying skill sets and capabilities.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to manage projects while assuming responsibility for tracking, tollgates, team performance, and team accountability .

About Us

Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada.

We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers.

The Acosta Group, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting.

The Acosta Group may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations.

This range may be modified in the future.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.

They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

The Acosta Group reserves the right to modify all or part of any job descriptions at its discretion in order to meet and or exceed the needs of the business.

The Acosta Group, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting.

The Acosta Group may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations.

This range may be modified in the future.

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