Space Management Planner

Petco Merchandise Planner

Create a healthier, brighter future for pets, pet parents and people! If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you. Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing whats right for pets, people and our planet.

Petco is a category-defining health and wellness company focused on improving the lives of pets, pet parents and Petco partners. We are 29,000 strong and operate 1,500+ pet care centers in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, including 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. Were focused on purpose-driven work, and strongly believe whats good for pets, people and our planet is good for Petco.

Essential Job Functions

• Planogram Development / Management : Efficiently create layout drawings using automated space management software such as JDA Space Planning
• Analyze the need for POG changes and varying footages for category revisions according to an annual schedule utilizing historical data and current trends to create or change POGs.
• Analyze multiple PETCO categories simultaneously, allocating fixture space based on current sales, inventory turn, sales potential, and customer friendliness.
• Accountable for data integrity of all planograms and planogram assignments. Inventory allocation to all stores is based on the assignment of the planograms.
• Ensure that PETCO's visual merchandising standards for both inline and promotional displays are met and understood by all departments involved in the presentation and purchasing of merchandise.
• Responsible for accuracy of fixture and sign quantification on planograms for roll-outs.
• Ensures that the fixtures and signs are included on the planograms with the correct vendor numbers to ensure accuracy for ordering.
• Ensure that projects are physically set in the planogram studio for assigned categories / division, prioritizing operations time, cost and simplicity to validate the computer model.
• Work effectively with a cross-functional team, coordinate projects for implementation of new merchandise presentation. This includes all aspects of the deliverable package such as product, validation of merchandising strategy, distribution of goods, fixtures and / or signage for display, allocation of labor, as well as the publication of Action Memo packets to field, NSC personnel, and to Store Management.
• Provides labor estimates for all merchandising projects and is responsible for allocation on the store master calendar for scheduling. The estimates are an input into the overall labor budget for the company.
• Work in conjunction with the Store Design group to ensure all POGs / Displays are appropriately placed on the floorplans and correct POGs assigned.
• Create, publish and release the store specific Monthly Promotional Planner that defines secondary locations and display of product for promotional, ad, seasonal and impulse merchandise.
• Collaborate with VMSD team on the design, testing and implementation of all new displays and prototype layouts for assigned categories.
• Develop and determine appropriate course of action for all merchandise presentation projects
• Partner with appropriate members of the category management team to ensure a collaborative and consistent approach is taken towards the business strategies and / or imperatives.
• Assist the Merchandise Management group with making sound business decisions, both strategic and tactical in nature.
• The majority of duties are performed while seated indoors at a computer, but 20% local travel via automobile is required for physical test sets of product placement.
• Occasional travel via airplane may be required to train field personnel for special projects or rollouts

Required Skills and Qualifications

Note : Current responsibilities are impacted by company and team priorities that may have evolved from what is displayed in the Workday job profile. The description provides general job duties and requirements, but the partners manager may assign additional responsibilities or tasks depending on business needs.

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

$49,200.00 - $73,800.00 / year