Senior Store Planner

Senior Space/Store Planner:

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experience space/store planner to join our store planning team, working for one of our largest accounts producing store plans for a large UK supermarket, we cover off anything from new stores, to roll out projects, competitor impacts and small works, as well as much more. You will be a highly organised individual, used to working in constrained time scales, be someone who is able to adapt to changes and the client's needs. Teamwork within this department is key, due to deadlines and projects delivered on a large scale, communication is the power to successful delivery, as well as having a keen eye for detail and high quality standard across all work you deliver. Within this role you will have direct contact with the client, need to be able to understand and put into action the brief they provide you, along with communicating this internally with the team and working with your line manage to allocate resource and manage quality. You will oversee the completion of allocated work within the timeframe given and to the principles provided by the client while maintaining retail design solutions quality and standards.  

Our story:

We are a family run business who recently celebrated our 27
th
birthday RDS are one of the leading design and survey agencies in the UK who are proud to have supported many well-known clients since 1998 working across various sectors and different countries. Working on sites in various locations including high streets, shopping centres, retail parks, train stations, petrol stations, airports, and universities.

Team RDS is only as good as its people, and with around 40 people in the RDS team, no matter what discipline you have, and our clients require, RDS works as a team to deliver first class solutions for our clients and pride ourselves on relationships built over our 27 years in the industry.

Duties & Responsibilities:

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 Working as part of a team to deliver 2D store plans to client brief and principles, covering off new stores, small works, refurbishments, competitor impacts, roll out projects, concept stores and more across various sized stores.

· Manage a section of the workload, having direct contact and taking instruction from the client regarding brief, deadlines and principles. This must then be communicated and managed throughout various stages with your set resource within the team, and quality checked before delivering to the client.

· Working closely with your fellow seniors and line manage to organise workload and deadlines, to make sure the department is working effectively.

· Managing internal and external excel trackers.

· Have a keen eye for detail and quality control workload prior to submission to client.

· Following processes and specifications to meet client expectations and standards set.

· Thinking outside the box to be cost effective and get the best customer journey/experience for our client's supermarkets.

· Up skilling and coaching the team around you to continuously develop and push the team forward inline with overall company progression plan.

· Support on the personal development of your designated resource, working with your line manager to make sure training needs are being actioned accordingly.

· Attending weekly client calls regarding workload progress in line with their program dates.

· Attending site visits and meetings where required.

Team:

• Liaise with key internal management, Account Managers, Operations, Finance and Marketing to ensure effective client service is maintained.
• Building strong working relationships with our client and their internal team.
• Integrate into the wider team and play a pivotal role in motivating the team, and work with your line manager to manage resource, deadlines, and your team.
• Work closely with the account managers and operations to ensure the business is meeting client expectations and deadlines.

Skillset:

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  Proficient in AutoCAD

· Proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

· Be able to use store space software- this is ideal but not essential.

· Proven established knowledge in space/store planning.

· Good communication skills.

· Highly organised.

· Can work well as part of a large team.

· Willing to coach and train the team around you.

· Confident individual.

· Good at problem solving

· Leadership skills.

General:

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Provide general support to management by being flexible.

· Maintain a positive work atmosphere by communicating, collaborating with clients, colleagues, and management.

· Living company values through your day-to-day job role and approach to embody this within your team.

· Fulfil company policies.

· Participate in all essential and required training to carry out your role efficiently.

· Participate in and attend department or company meetings as required.

· Support on managing workload trackers and invoicing sheets.

Company Benefits:

· days holiday (plus bank holidays) you accrue an additional day with every year of service up to 5 years.

· Good company pension scheme

· Team social funds

· Death in service (4x salary)

· Free parking on site

· Hybrid working 2 days a week.

Location and Hours:

·
 Earls Colne, Essex- office based for 3 days a week, so must be within travelling distance.

· Monday- Thursday 8.30-5pm, Friday pm (39.5hrs a week)

If the job description resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply as we would be interested to hear from you and discuss what you could bring to the table here at Retail Design Solutions.

If you would like a confidential chat about this role or your next career move, then please get in touch on with your CV, Cover Letter and Portfolio (if available).