Job Description The Role
At WHSmith our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth. That’s why our Space and Format team is passionate about creating an environment where people can be creative and trailblazing in order to do their best work.
The role of the Micro Space Planner is truly cross-functional – you will be right at the centre of the business, leading and driving the commercial agenda. You’ll support the Micro Space Lead with developing ranges and creating planograms (and/or display guidelines) using the best visual merchandising principles which deliver optimal availability, sales and profit.
What you’ll be doing:
Analysis of data to ensure optimum range construction and ongoing improvement of the customer offer across multiple different categories
Creating planograms using in-house systems
Sales analysis, trend reporting and micro space analysis
Building internal relationships with trading, merchandising and operations.
Management of range and store grading to ensure right product in right store
Ensuring new and refitted stores have correct planograms for opening
Keep up to date on competitor ranges and display techniques
What we are looking for: