327 Space Planning jobs in India

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As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. bp’s customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, leveraging technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!

Role Overview :

The Senior Space Planning Advisor specializes in optimizing the layout and design of a retail site, ensuring efficient use of space, improving product visibility and enhancing the overall shopping experience for guests that enhance sales! 

They will analyse sales data, customer behaviour, and market trends to develop strategic space plans that align with our business goals to deliver on mobility and convenience Americas convenience growth ambitions while aligning with company standards and guidelines and health, safety and access regulations. They will collaborate with the Category Managers to create and maintain planograms for all brands. They will be a resource and partner for annual category resets in the field including the reset schedule and all communication to the relevant field and operation teams. 

Shift Timing : 7:30 pm to 4:30 am

Responsibilities :
 

Produce planograms and visual merchandising guidance material on a category-by-category basis, working closely with internal customers. 

Produce merchandising material in line with the merchandising activity calendar including annual resets.

Responsible for creating and maintaining the schedule for category resets.

Handle all issues that arise during resets and provide and communicate a solution to all relevant teams.  

Analysing retail site assets and creating floor plans to optimize product placement within the site while also supervising competitor activity, retail design, and innovation trends. 

Collaborating with merchandising and marketing teams to align layouts and planograms with business goals and objectives by incorporating all business and on-site insights into planning. 

Enhancing visual appeal through data and industry trends by implementing space management strategies for improved traffic flow. 

Job requirements & qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required 

• 6-10 years of experience working with store planning software and design tools (e.g., Spaceman, Blue Yonder, AutoCad, BlueBeam, Adobe PDF Editing) 

• Collaboration and communication skills to work optimally with cross-functional teams 

• Familiarity with health, safety and accessibility regulations related to retail spaces 

• Strong understanding of retail merchandising principles, spatial planning, and visual merchandising.  

• Knowledge of construction processes, retail fixtures and supply chain 

• Analytical attitude with the ability to interpret sales data and make informed decisions 

• Attention to detail and a creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously 

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft software, preferable Access and Excel 

• Experience using PDI and/or SAP Retail 

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Analyst Associate, Merchandising Strategy

Grow. Learn. Thrive. Giant Eagle is where your career can soar high. At Giant Eagle, you are so much more than an employee. You are part of the Family.

About the Company

Since our founding in 1931, Giant Eagle, Inc. has evolved into one of the top 40 largest private corporations in the U.S. and one of the country’s largest food retailers and distributors. With more than 37,000 Team Members and $9.7billion in revenue, we are committed to investing in people, technology, and data to elevate our customer’s experience across multiple touchpoints. It helps us follow on our commitment to serving others and improving our communities.

About Giant Eagle Bangalore

The Giant Eagle GCC in Bangalore is our global capability center. Our team of more than 350 members at the GCC enables us to expand internal capabilities in the areas such as data analytics, merchandising and eCommerce, quality engineering, and automation to generate insights for faster decision-making and help us accelerate our business strategy. Our team in India plays a pivotal role in helping the company transition to new ways of working by redefining the food and grocery shopping experience for over 4.6 million customers.

Job Description Summary:

The primary function of this role is to create and maintain planograms across multiple lines of business to ensure that new items are added, discontinued items are removed, and the planograms are merchandised in a manner that meets customers’ needs and strategic objectives. Merch Ops Analysts are expected to incorporate various reports and feedback from multiple parties into their decision-making process. Characteristics of strong Merch Ops Analysts include- eagerness to seek out information, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, possess a willingness to learn, and have a great attention to detail.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain planograms to support business initiatives and meet deadlines
• Analyze retail and market level data to develop planogram schematics utilizing Space planning software platform
• Own the project with planograms execution as key activity and consistently monitoring and working towards the deadline
• Utilize multiple reports in decision-making process and maintain routine project specific reports
• Assist U.S.-based and India-based team members if necessary
• Build a deep understanding of Space Planning processes and look for opportunities to enhance them
• Run SQL queries as needed
• Attend regular meetings with team and additional meetings as required with cross functional teams
• Learn and utilize different systems, primarily Space Planning (space planning software)
• Answer questions pertaining to planograms from the reset teams in the

Merchandising Functions

• Space planning -Work on Cut in &Reset project, Planogram related reporting, publish planograms, Work on process improvements, also area to be explored for GEB GCC

Critical Attributes

• Time Management
• Project Management
• Global Partnership
• Able to handle multiple tasks
• Influencing
• Prioritization and sense of urgency
• Critical thinking / problem solving
• Communication and keeping on point
• Relationship management
• Action oriented

Desired qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/ master’s degree- Business fields of study
• 1+ years of experience in a Micro space planning role
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Proficient Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint
• Good to have SQL Developer knowledge
• Demonstrate ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple compelling priorities and projects

Others

• Strong Retail knowledge
• Strong business understanding and know-how; connect the dots and translate the ‘why

Analyst Associate, Merchandising Strategy

Grow. Learn. Thrive. Giant Eagle is where your career can soar high. At Giant Eagle, you are so much more than an employee. You are part of the Family.

About the Company

Since our founding in 1931, Giant Eagle, Inc. has evolved into one of the top 40 largest private corporations in the U.S. and one of the country’s largest food retailers and distributors. With more than 37,000 Team Members and $9.7billion in revenue, we are committed to investing in people, technology, and data to elevate our customer’s experience across multiple touchpoints. It helps us follow on our commitment to serving others and improving our communities.

About Giant Eagle Bangalore

The Giant Eagle GCC in Bangalore is our global capability center. Our team of more than 350 members at the GCC enables us to expand internal capabilities in the areas such as data analytics, merchandising and eCommerce, quality engineering, and automation to generate insights for faster decision-making and help us accelerate our business strategy. Our team in India plays a pivotal role in helping the company transition to new ways of working by redefining the food and grocery shopping experience for over 4.6 million customers.

Job Description Summary:

The primary function of this role is to create and maintain planograms across multiple lines of business to ensure that new items are added, discontinued items are removed, and the planograms are merchandised in a manner that meets customers’ needs and strategic objectives. Merch Ops Analysts are expected to incorporate various reports and feedback from multiple parties into their decision-making process. Characteristics of strong Merch Ops Analysts include- eagerness to seek out information, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, possess a willingness to learn, and have a great attention to detail.

Key responsibilities

• Create and maintain planograms to support business initiatives and meet deadlines
• Analyze retail and market level data to develop planogram schematics utilizing Space planning software platform
• Own the project with planograms execution as key activity and consistently monitoring and working towards the deadline
• Utilize multiple reports in decision-making process and maintain routine project specific reports
• Assist U.S.-based and India-based team members if necessary
• Build a deep understanding of Space Planning processes and look for opportunities to enhance them
• Run SQL queries as needed
• Attend regular meetings with team and additional meetings as required with cross functional teams
• Learn and utilize different systems, primarily Space Planning (space planning software)
• Answer questions pertaining to planograms from the reset teams in the

Merchandising Functions

• Space planning -Work on Cut in &Reset project, Planogram related reporting, publish planograms, Work on process improvements, also area to be explored for GEB GCC

Critical Attributes

• Time Management
• Project Management
• Global Partnership
• Able to handle multiple tasks
• Influencing
• Prioritization and sense of urgency
• Critical thinking / problem solving
• Communication and keeping on point
• Relationship management
• Action oriented

Desired qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/ master’s degree- Business fields of study
• 1+ years of experience in a Micro space planning role
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Proficient Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint
• Good to have SQL Developer knowledge
• Demonstrate ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple compelling priorities and projects

Others

• Strong Retail knowledge
• Strong business understanding and know-how; connect the dots and translate the ‘why

We are looking for a dynamic resource for our Space Planning team.

The candidate:

• Must have worked in a firm with Workplace design background. 
• Should have experience of working on large / medium scale Projects.
• Should be strong in strategic space planning specific to client needs / versatile projects, setting planning principles and standards.
• Should be good at space budget computation.

Requirements

• Must have worked in a firm with Workplace design background. 
• Should have experience of working on large / medium scale Projects.
• Should be strong in strategic space planning specific to client needs / versatile projects, setting planning principles and standards.
• Should be good at space budget computation.

Benefits

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• Design, develop and implement ServiceNow solutions using Integration, Flow designer, Orchestration, Custom Application Development, OMT, Process Automation and other ServiceNow features and functionalities.
• Experience with space reservation, allocation, and utilization tracking features.
• Knowledge of floor plans, locations, room bookings, and occupancy management.
• Understanding of real estate and facilities management processes to bridge technical and business requirements effectively.
• Collaborate with business analysts, process owners and stakeholders to understand the requirements and translate them into technical specifications and solutions.
• Guiding a team or team members with technical knowledge and a path forward for implementation
• Follow the best practices and standards for ServiceNow development and ensure the quality and performance of the deliverables.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to ServiceNow applications and modules, as well as provide support and guidance to end users.
• Stay updated with the latest ServiceNow releases, features and enhancements and leverage them to improve the existing solutions or create new ones.
• Provide (technical) leadership to build, motivate, guide, scale, and mentor team members including performance management coaching.
• Actively participate in daily stand-up meetings
• Leveraging modern technologies such as cloud capabilities from various platforms to provide efficient solutions.
• Reusing and scaling components to accommodate future growth and eliminate junk code.
• Support detailed documentation of systems and features.

• 7.5-10 years of experience in ServiceNow development, configuration and administration. Should have good experience in Space management modules .
• Experience in working with Integration, flow designer, Orchestration, Custom Application Development, Integration Hub, Glide API, Custom Fields and Forms, ETL skills along with Data Mapping, Normalisation, OMT, Process Automation, notifications and other ServiceNow modules and functionalities.
• Experience working with ServiceNow Data Model, Import Set, transform map, table API and Robust Transform Engine
• Experience in integrating ServiceNow with other systems and platforms using REST/SOAP APIs, web services, MID server etc. (Basic/OAuth)
• Experience in working on complex notification logic.

• Knowledge of ITIL processes and frameworks and how they are implemented in ServiceNow.
• Good understanding of web-based Application Architectures and Application interfaces
• Proficiency in client-side and server-side Scripting.
• UI Policies, Business Rules, Runbook Automation, Workflow development
• Reusing and scaling components to accommodate future growth.
• Experience in JavaScript/HTML/AngularJS and TM Forum Open APIs is a plus.