LHH Recruitment is working with a corporate retailer in Phoenix who is in search of a contract space planner to join their team. This role is expected to last about 6 months, but may have potential for permanent employment. This role is Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. Once trained, there may be some hybrid flexibility

• Develop, communicate, and implement actionable recommendations that enhance customer-centric strategies and localized merchandising approaches.
• Lead the visual merchandising strategy for assigned product categories, ensuring alignment with customer decision-making patterns such as pricing, brand preferences, and product features.
• Build and maintain planograms within JDA (or equivalent software), ensuring accuracy and adherence to visual merchandising standards and best practices for smooth in-store execution.
• Collaborate with buying, financial planning, and inventory allocation teams to align merchandising plans with overarching category strategies.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners—such as store operations, marketing, pricing, and fixture teams—to align on strategy development and in-store implementation.
• Oversee and update merchandising displays within a simulated store environment to support reviews with leadership and key stakeholders.
• Ensure all category resets meet established timelines and quality standards, conducting audits to confirm execution excellence across store locations.
• Clearly communicate category reset strategies and execution guidelines through detailed planograms and documentation, ensuring field teams understand both the “why” and “how” behind each merchandising initiative.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree required
• Previous retail merchandising or planogram experience much preferred!
• Intermediate Excel experience, as well as space planning system knowledge
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team environment and build relationships, trust and rapport quickly.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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