Planogram Specialist

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At Nestle USA, we're all working towards the same goal - to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity - and responsibility - to be there for every moment in our consumers' lives.

Joining Nestle means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

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The Planogram Specialist partners with the Category Leadership Managers to influence and deliver merchandising solutions and decision support that drives growth for the assigned category. Accountabilities include co-ownership of the customer relationship, POG development analysis & execution, managing on-going trait updates and required data base maintenance. Additionally, this position supports planogram reporting, ad hoc analytics and insights development using a variety of resources (Circana, JDA, Numerator, Nielsen IQ etc.).

Responsibilities:

• Builds multiple versions of planograms based on pre-established assortment, clustering alternatives, fixture variations, and merchandising guidelines.
• Reviews and validates all planograms for adherence to retailer strategy and conformity to standards; applies revisions as needed.
• Manages relay execution for assigned category while forecasting workload requirements for successful project completion.
• Maintains robust database environment to include store/item attribution, performance data uploads, and ongoing project store creation as needed.
• Where applicable also provides POG support for display merchandising to retailer.
• Conducts ad-hoc analytics to answer business management questions of the Customer Merchants, Category Advisor or non-Advising Category Leadership Manager. Additionally, provides support of business reviews and insights development projects.
• Manages weekly category reporting by reviewing and communicating results, maintaining reporting data bases, and creating new reports as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience in Sales, Analytics or Space Management at a manufacturer or retailer and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong retail background with CPG and/or Food industry experience a plus.
• Aptitude to develop business and category knowledge and leverage analytical tools to answer business questions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Expertise using Blue Yonder (JDA) Space Management preferred.
• Ability to write code using Sequel or Python to leverage with JDA a plus.

Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills. Foundational ability to manage projects, work independently and within a team environment. Demonstrated ability to show initiative, tenacity, problem-solving. Occasional Travel to include national meetings, local customer meetings, store visits, etc.

Requisition ID:338041

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