The Job
The Store Planner is responsible for taking the capital project from inception to execution for each individual store.
This will be accomplished through a series of virtual meetings with the core planning team (the Retailer, District Manager and Project Manager).
The Store Planner will schedule, coordinate and lead all planning meetings and will execute changes and updates in real-time.
The Store Planner will combine their data-driven analytics, Ace best practices, experience and knowledge with the overall goals and desires of the Retailer to provide the most productive retailer store plan.
Improving the store model is pillar of Ace's long-term retail strategy and developing the most productive and consumer-centric store layouts for our retailers is a key element of this pillar.
- Scope: The Store Planner owns the planning process from start to finish for all new stores, remodels and conversions.
The Store Planner must execute every plan for each store, using AutoCAD for Fixture, Lighting, Electrical and Data, Décor, and Location Code Plans.
- Leadership/Mentorship: Educating their core team members on process improvements, changes and other updates from merchandising, space planning or store planning.
In the even there is a new investor to Ace, the Store Planner must lead them through the first steps in their journey to becoming an Ace retailer.
What you'll do:
- Utilize AutoCAD software to revise fixture and merchandise plans in real-time live meetings with the core planning team (retailer, district manager and project manager).
The ability to lead these meetings while working through plans in real time is critically important to the Store Planner's success.
- Schedule, coordinate and lead all planning meetings and will execute changes and updates in real-time.




The Store Planner will combine their data-driven analytics, Ace best practices, experience and knowledge with the overall goals and desires of the Retailer to provide the most productive retailer store plan.
- Advise on Ace best practices, adjacencies and analytics in creating the best layout.
Combine the retailer's objectives with these best practices, all while accounting for deviations in building size, layout, custom shopping patterns, regionality and other key components to create the most productive layout for the retailer and the customer.
Maintain compliance along with local/municipality code compliance.
- Complete an average of approximately 4 plans per month.
During any given week, the Store Planner is working with multiple different stores, retailers, and project managers.
They must be equipped to start/stop one project in the fixture stage to prepare another in the merchandising phase for live meetings.
The Store Planner must have the ability to be organized, meticulously re-cap meetings and able to present to a diverse core group, all with differing priorities and goals.
The Store Planner must sell the group on why the Ace best practices and data-driven analytics can help them achieve the most productive store.
- Maintain and update fixture blocks in AutoCAD and merchandising templates in JDA for multiple store formats.
Ensure reporting from AutoCAD and JDA is accurate by partnering with Space Planning team and Project Support team.




Identify anomalies, reporting errors and actively work to find solutions.
- Take leadership role in collaboration with multiple departments (e.g. Category Management, Visual Merchandising, Space Planning, Field Operations and Merchandising) ensure that programs that are new or involving footage changes and/or fixture changes or are "retail ready," aligned with overall best practices and communicated fully to field team.
- Understanding of market impacts for supply and demand and how that impacts project timing, planning, and ordering.
The Store Planner must have familiarity with gondola shelving and necessary components to understand and create effective fixture plans.
The Store Planner must also be ready to adjust the timing and process of planning to overcome obstacles with lead times for fixtures to due to such market impacts.
The Store Planner must also be able to help provide a take-off order for fixture parts and components in a remodel.
- Consistently execute store planning/design and merchandising principles, namely department and category placement, aisle leadoffs, and adjacencies to drive retail performance.
Maintain planogram knowledge and proficiency and understand specialty racks, height discrepancies.
Understand which planograms can work with different size base decks or fixture heights to plan the store appropriately.
- Proactively monitor category KPI's to track performance of completed remodels, track trends and identify opportunities make changes to adjacencies, space recommendations and category placement.
Independently act on results and influence cross-functional and interdepartmental teams with recommendations.
Lead and partner with multiple different business partners thr

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