Mgr, Merchandise Presentation

About the Role

This position is responsible for managing the use of all retail space inside and outside of Tractor Supply Company stores. This includes managing internal resources and external vendors, communicating TSC merchandising strategies and standards to the stores, production of shelf strips and point of purchase materials, accurate site/SKU replenishment coding, managing legal/illegal products by market, and more. The role is accountable for the performance of all individuals within their group, all day-to-day operations of the group, and ensuring an environment with an extremely high degree of accuracy in a deadline-driven setting.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Senior Space Planners, Space Planners, and Visual Presentation Specialists.
• Direct efforts to ensure merchandise plans support the goals of all merchandising divisions, manage information consistently across the team, and ensure cross-functional collaboration.
• Develop and communicate executable merchandising plans to the field for all line reviews, sales driving initiatives (SDI), and planogram refreshes that meet requirements for multiple store types, footages, merchandise assortments, and fixtures.
• Manage the planogram process to maintain documentation, implement in stores, and ensure compliance with all standards. Document feedback and ideas to refine future assortments.
• Maintain and manage Article–Planogram–Site relationships in SAP and IKB, driving SKU-to-Site replenishment coding.
• Ensure planogram integrity, including assigned SKUs, point of purchase (POP) representation, and fixture information.
• Assign, maintain, and manage planogram combinations specific to each site for the chain, and proactively communicate program assignments via SAP to the Inventory Management team.
• Direct sales driving initiative communication plans (SDI page), ensuring all relevant information is communicated to stores for execution.
• Administer the Merchandise Presentation area of the company’s intranet site (The Barn), including posting planograms, floor plans, and related materials.
• Conduct pre- and post-analysis of planograms.
• Provide buying teams with insights into customer trends, product replenishment, shelf space allocations, merchandising strategies, and retail space planning metrics at SKU, category, cluster, and departmental levels.
• Analyze store types and merchandise assortments to evaluate performance of stores, planograms, clusters, departments, and shelf space.
• Identify space imbalances, determine profitability, and assess non-performing clusters, planograms, and SKUs.
• Manage vendor(s), data integrity, and the internal/external process of Shelf Strips, ensuring accuracy and timely arrival to stores.
• Collaborate with buying teams to develop, test, consolidate, and communicate comprehensive planning strategies that align with current merchandise presentation strategies while identifying opportunities and risks.
• Collaborate with the Fixture Planning team in the development of fixtures and POP that fit within Tractor Supply guidelines and budgets.
• Collaborate with Marketing on signing and POP materials to ensure programs are executable and sustainable at the store level.
• Manage, prepare, and monitor store labor estimates outlining projected operational labor hours by month and zone for the chain.
• Determine the time required to execute programs while monitoring overall monthly store labor totals to avoid undue labor requirements.
• Communicate upcoming merchandising initiatives to Store Operations.
• Implement and maintain store signing programs and standards.
• Handle needs assessments and cost/benefit analysis to align technology and business processes with the department’s and company’s multi-year strategies.
• Advise business stakeholders on new system needs and ways to improve efficiency and productivity.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional Space Planning experience, including managing operations of stores and/or multi-unit management.
• College degree in Retail & Consumer Science, Business, Marketing, and/or equivalent work experience. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.
• JDA Space Planning Professional Certification, Level I and II – preferred.

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop).
• Ability to quickly learn new technology.
• Local and national travel required; laptop provided.

Physical Requirements

• Sitting
• Standing (not walking)
• Walking
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending
• Driving a vehicle
• Reaching overhead
• Lifting up to 50 pounds

Benefits

At Tractor Supply and Petsense by Tractor Supply, full-time and part-time Team Members receive a comprehensive and accessible total reward package. Benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Company-paid life and disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Family planning resources, including adoption and surrogacy assistance.

Part-time new hires gain eligibility for TSC Benefits by averaging at least 15 hours per week during their 90-day lookback period. The lookback period starts the first of the month following the date of hire. If the 15-hour requirement is met, benefits eligibility begins the first day of the month following 4 months of continuous service.