Micro Space Planner Job at Metcash (Macquarie Park)

Job Description

We are currently recruiting a Micro Space Planner to help bring category strategies to life in store and support our independent retailers to perform at their best. This role plays a key part in delivering clear, data‑led planograms that optimise space productivity, enhance the shopper experience, and drive strong commercial outcomes.

Job Responsibility

Develop and maintain national and state‑based planograms that optimise product visibility, space productivity, and category performance
Use consumer, category, and performance insights to identify opportunities that improve shelf productivity, shopper engagement, and sales outcomes
Provide clear shelf analysis and actionable recommendations that support better space efficiency, customer experience, and retailer profitability
Partner closely with Category Managers and key Vendor partners to deliver shopper‑focused, strategically aligned, and commercially effective planograms
Ensure high levels of accuracy, data integrity, and version control across planogram and product systems
Support category and space planning initiatives including range reviews, store resets, and continuous improvement activities
Proactively identify and implement opportunities to improve planogram processes, tools, and ways of working

Requirements

Demonstrated experience using shelf planning applications in a SaaS environment, including Store Clustering, Assortment Optimisation, Space Planning, and Planogram Automation (e.g. SymphonyAI / Blue Yonder)
Ability to analyse space, range, and sales data to support commercially sound space and assortment decisions
Strong understanding of retail merchandising and category strategy, and how these translate into effective shelf-level planograms
Knowledge of retail environments, including store formats, layouts, shopper behaviour, and in-store execution considerations
Broad category and product knowledge, including seasonal ranging and customer purchasing behaviour
Strong stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and communication skills, with high attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset

What we offer

Extra Leave: Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave, 2 well-being days, plus 1 volunteer day annually
Career Growth: Endless learning and development opportunities
Parental Leave: 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid leave for primary carers
Inclusive Culture: Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion
Neutral Pay Gap: Gender pay gap under 5% (WGEA 2024–2025)
Mental Health: Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia
Flexibility: Flex Ready and Family Friendly Workplace accredited

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