Join Casey's Merchandising team as a Space Planning Manager! As a Space Planning Manager, you'll execute development of store footprints (category layouts) for new, existing and acquisition stores as well as development of Category Planograms. You'll be accountable for designing, developing and delivering value to our guests through taking our differentiated product assortment and optimizing product placement throughout the stores.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Develop store layouts / footprints for Center of Store.
• Development of planogram recommendations for all grocery and general merchandise categories to include regional sets.
• Owns developing future state requirements for Space Planning processes and systems changes necessary to more effectively optimize product placement and flow.
• Manages supplier relationships in partnership with Category Managers to facilitate receipt of necessary product samples to build out and test new planograms in Casey's model store, ensuring reasonable fit of recommendations.
• Development and execution of audit processes to hold suppliers accountable and ensure planograms align with category strategy.
• Supports promotional planning cycle with promotional placement recommendations.
• Partner with Category Management teams for annual review and development optimal category flow, product adjacencies and space optimization throughout the store.
• Develop monthly sales plan communication.

• A transformative culture putting service first and taking pride in caring for our guests, our communities, and each other.
• Opportunities to use cutting edge technologies and enterprise-wide collaboration to enable our strategy and drive world class service.
• The right balance between work and life, to do your best work and enjoy those important personal moments. Ask about our options for workplace flexibility that may be available.
• We're here for families! Great benefits including choices in medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, employee stock purchase program, charitable giving programs, parental leave AND an onsite Child Development Center
• Competitive pay, 401k company match up to 6%, vacation & sick time, paid holidays, volunteer time, and an onsite cafeteria
• Dress for your day dress code, jeans are welcomed!
• The opportunity to work for a big company that has not lost our small company feel. Our senior leadership team is engaged, involved and accessible!
• What are you waiting for? Come be a part of a company that is growing, transforming and is here for good!

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience required.
• Familiarity with Space Planning approaches including footprinting and planogram development and
  implementation.
• At least six years of Space Planning experience is required. Previous retail experience should be with the convenience, discount, grocery or similar environment.
• Ability to provide guidance to Category Managers, stores and team members and influence without authority.
• Strategic and operational planning skills. Ability to analyze results, evaluate opportunities to course-correct and enact change.