Retail Micro Space Planner

What's the role about? Retail Micro Space Planner Full Time, 9 months fixed term contract Salary: £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + travel expenses Working: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Location: Hybrid - 2 days at customer site in London, 3 days from home JDH Solutions, a Smollan company, is a leading retail consultancy specialising in Space Planning, Category Management, and Retail Analytics. We are seeking a Micro Space Planner to join our team supporting a major UK retailer. Working as part of a dedicated project team, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining planograms that support category strategies, improve the customer shopping experience, and deliver commercial objectives. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile retail programme and gain experience within one of the UK's leading retail environments. In this role you will Create, maintain, and update planograms using Blue Yonder (JDA) Space Planning or equivalent space planning software Produce accurate shelf layouts and merchandising recommendations in line with category strategies and retailer requirements Implement range reviews, product launches, seasonal changes, and promotional activity within planograms Ensure planograms are completed accurately and delivered in line with project deadlines Analyse product and store data to support effective space allocation decisions Review planograms for quality, consistency, and compliance with agreed merchandising standards Work closely with Category Managers, Space Planning teams, and project stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions Maintain accurate product, fixture, and merchandising data within space planning systems Support testing, validation, and implementation of planogram changes Identify opportunities to improve planogram effectiveness and operational execution Contribute to project reporting and provide regular progress updates to the wider team You Will Have Essential Skills & Experience Experience using Blue Yonder (JDA) Space Planning or an equivalent space planning platform such as Spaceman or RELEX Previous experience creating and maintaining retail planograms Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy Good analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to work to deadlines and manage multiple priorities Strong organisational and time management skills Good written and verbal communication skills Ability to work both independently and as part of a team Desirable Experience working within grocery, convenience, health & beauty, or general merchandise retail sectors Understanding of category management principles and retail merchandising processes Experience working within a consultancy or project-based environment Familiarity with retailer-specific space planning standards and governance processes What You'll Get Opportunity to work with a leading UK retailer through an established retail consultancy Exposure to large-scale space planning and category management projects Support from an experienced team of retail and space planning professionals Valuable experience working within a fast-paced and highly commercial retail environment Hybrid working opportunity 24 days annual leave pro rata + bank holidays If you would like to be part of our success, please apply today. Early applications are strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to pause or close this vacancy prior to the listed closing date. More about us... JDH Solutions was founded in 1995 and for many years has supported some of the UK’s leading retailers and manufacturers with their planogram requirements. The company was acquired in 2019 by Netherlands based Hamilton Bright Trade Marketing and in turn incorporated into the Smollan group of companies. This has provided the foundation and scale to grow the business with a team of over 30 space and category experts within JDH Solutions and Hamilton Bright TM. We have established a product imaging and data capture studio and a corporate office in Winnersh near Reading. JDH Solutions is a category management partner company to Blue Yonder, the world’s largest supply chain software company. We are licenced users of the Space Planning planogram software and authorised re-sellers of Blue Yonder software solutions. We pride ourselves on the trusted partnerships we create with our customers and always strive to understand the unique business requirements and challenges faced within retail and manufacturing space management.