Floor Planner

at  Clicks Group Limited

POSITION SUMMARY

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade
Job category: Merchandising
Location: Cape Town
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Essential: Sound knowledge and understanding of consumer shopping habits; competitor activity and market players in the Health and Beauty retail sector; consumer demographics and retail merchandising
• Desirable: General understanding of category adjacencies within the Health, Wellness and Beauty sectors

JOB RELATED SKILLS:

• Essential: MS Office applications especially Excel (intermediate)
• Desirable: Basic Blue Yonder CatMan Floor Planning application as well as CAD computer skills, Space Planning software experience, puzzle building ability, conceptual and spatial understanding and application, the ability to plan to physical translation visualization and good written and verbal communication skills

JOB EXPERIENCE:

• 2-3 years’ experience for store operations management or shop floor merchandise planning (essential)
• Basic store design using CAD and Blue Yonder CatMan(desirable)
• Visual merchandising or space planning
• Client marketing experience with an FMCG supplier

EDUCATION:

• Essential: Matric
• Desirable: An appropriate retail tertiary diploma or degree

To merchandise floor plans and compile equipment requirements for proposed new and revamp stores and space change proposals on existing stores, allocating the appropriate categories and space in accordance with their clientele profile, anticipated performance and within the prescribed templates and flow parameters.