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Job Title: SRD System Expert (Blue Yonder / Planogram Generator) Location: London (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite per Week) Contract: 9-Month Initial Contract (Potential Extension) Start Date: ASAP The Opportunity We are currently seeking an experienced SRD System Expert with deep expertise in Blue Yonder and Planogram Generator (PG) to join a leading UK retail organisation during a significant business transf click apply for full job details

Job Title: SRD System Expert (Blue Yonder / Planogram Generator) Location: London (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite per Week) Contract: 9-Month Initial Contract (Potential Extension) Start Date: ASAP The Opportunity We are currently seeking an experienced SRD System Expert with deep expertise in Blue Yonder and Planogram Generator (PG) to join a leading UK retail organisation during a significant business transformation programme. This is a highly technical role that will play a critical part in maintaining the stability, performance, and operational effectiveness of key merchandising and space planning systems while internal SMEs focus on a major transformation initiative. You will act as the go-to technical authority across the Space, Range & Display (SRD) technology landscape, ensuring critical systems continue to support operational teams effectively throughout a period of change. This opportunity is ideally suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, thrives in a fast-paced retail environment, and can quickly add value with minimal onboarding. Key Responsibilities Technical System Ownership Act as the subject matter expert for Blue Yonder, Planogram Generator, and associated SRD systems. Provide technical leadership and guidance across merchandising and space planning platforms. Ensure system stability, performance, and operational effectiveness. Troubleshooting & Incident Resolution Investigate and resolve complex platform, build, capacity, and system performance issues. Diagnose technical defects and identify root causes within the Blue Yonder environment. Manage and prioritise system action logs and support queues. Deliver timely solutions to minimise operational disruption. Transformation Programme Support Provide specialist expertise to support a major transformation programme. Work closely with project and operational teams to ensure continuity of service. Support testing, system enhancements, process improvements, and deployment activities. Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the SRD technology landscape. Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with operational and transformation teams to ensure business requirements are supported. Communicate technical issues and resolutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Support prioritisation activities and workload management across multiple workstreams. Essential Skills & Experience We are keen to speak with candidates who can demonstrate: Strong hands-on experience with Blue Yonder Proven expertise supporting Planogram Generator (PG) environments Advanced troubleshooting and technical problem-solving skills Strong analytical and data investigation capabilities Experience supporting merchandising, retail planning, space planning, or category management systems Ability to independently diagnose and resolve complex platform issues Strong communication and stakeholder management skills Experience working within fast-paced operational environments Desirable Experience Retail Space Planning or Space, Range & Display (SRD) experience Technical support or application support background Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes Exposure to planogram and merchandising technologies Experience working within large enterprise retail environments Ideal Candidate The successful candidate will be a highly technical Blue Yonder specialist with strong Planogram Generator experience and a proven track record of supporting critical retail systems. You'll be comfortable taking ownership of technical issues, troubleshooting complex system challenges, and providing expert guidance within a transformation-driven environment. Rather than a business analyst or product-focused background, we're looking for someone who enjoys getting into the detail of systems, data, and platform support. Why Apply? Join a major retail transformation programme Take ownership of critical merchandising and planning systems Work within a collaborative and established SRD function Opportunity to make an immediate impact in a high-profile contract role Hybrid working with flexibility built in If you have deep Blue Yonder and Planogram Generator expertise and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Job title: Display Planner Location: London Hybrid (3 days onsite per week) Contract: 9-Month Initial Contract (Potential Extension) Start Date: ASAP The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Display Planner to join a high-performing team within the Space, Range & Display (SRD) function, supporting one of the UK's most established retail food businesses. This opportunity has arisen due to a key team member leaving the business, combined with increased demand across a significant transformation programme. As a result, we're seeking a hands-on Display Planning professional who can quickly integrate into a fast-paced environment, take ownership of categories, and help ensure continuity across critical planning activities. Working within a team of 12-15 specialists, you'll play a key role in shaping how products are presented across a network of more than 570 Food Halls, translating commercial strategies into effective, customer-focused planograms that deliver both operational efficiency and commercial performance. Key Responsibilities Display Planning & Planogram Development Create, maintain and optimise planograms across assigned product categories. Deliver end-to-end display planning activities aligned to commercial objectives. Translate range and category strategies into executable shelf layouts. Ensure planograms support customer shopping missions, display principles and operational requirements. Manage range change activity in line with trading and implementation calendars. Space & Category Planning Analyse sales, stock and store performance data to inform space allocation decisions. Maximise sales opportunities through effective use of retail space. Drive improvements in availability, productivity and customer experience. Partner with Buying, Product and Range Planning teams to determine optimal product ranges for available space. Data Management & Systems Maintain accurate product dimensions, attributes, imagery and supporting master data. Ensure ongoing data quality and system integrity. Work within established SRD processes and planning methodologies. Utilise Blue Yonder, JDA Space Planning or comparable planogram tools to support planning activities. Insight & Continuous Improvement Monitor display performance and identify opportunities for enhancement. Use data, trends and customer insights to recommend improvements. Conduct store reviews and competitor analysis to identify best practices. Support store openings, renewals and other strategic initiatives where required. Stakeholder Engagement This is a highly collaborative role requiring regular engagement with: Buying teams /Range Planning/ Space Planning/ Commercial teams/ Insights & Analytics/ Supply Chain/ Store Operations/ Product Development/ Marketing Success in this role will depend on your ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple business areas. Essential Skills & Experience We're keen to speak with candidates who possess: Proven experience in Display Planning, Space Planning, Merchandising or Category Planning. Strong experience creating and maintaining planograms. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to interpret data and identify trends. Experience working within established retail planning processes. Strong organisational and project management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities within tight deadlines. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills. Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams within a retail environment. Desirable Experience Blue Yonder experience. JDA Space Planning expertise. Knowledge of Space, Range & Display (SRD) processes. Power BI experience. Experience within grocery, FMCG or supermarket retail environments. Familiarity with planogram software and retail merchandising tools. Ability to become productive quickly with minimal onboarding. Ideal Background This role would particularly suit candidates from: Grocery Retail FMCG Convenience Retail Supermarket Space Planning Category Space Planning Merchandising & Display Planning Candidates with practical experience using Blue Yonder, JDA Space Planning, planogram software, or similar retail space planning tools will be highly regarded. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

Location: London Working structure: hybrid, 2 days on-site Duration: 3 months - Execution of supplier data transformation and ingestion to Scope 3 model in collaboration with central sustainability function, to allow suppliers decarbonization data/progress ingestion to reporting (supplier specific emissions or company specific emissions transformation to meet the defined data standards and data quality checks, execution of data approval and ingestion), - Efficient and effective public data sources screening for data the company can use in supplier emission reporting - Improve machine learning algorithms in cooperation with Procurement Data Team, to ensure correct spend categorization at entry stage to Scope 3 model, to improve emissions data quality and enable reduction through data improvement/re-baselining and allow better Procurement decisions in regards to future decarbonization interventions with suppliers; - KPI assurance - supporting preparation, audit and closing CAPA's for H2 2025 planned A&A Audit on Sustainable Sourcing and Deloitte audits on Paper/Palm and Sustainable Sourcing; - Supporting development and operationalization of EUDR compliance data strategy Role complexity: - Senior stakeholders facing and influencing (Director, Senior Directors, and occasionally VPs across Procurement; Central Sustainability Team; potentially Tech and Finance) - Global coverage and network, - cross-functional dependencies and Procurement-wide dependencies, - strategic program contribution, - collaboration with peer companies; - required stakeholder management and influencing competences and ability to work autonomously and seek for decision in the right moment of time; Profile: - Data science/analytics/systems/data assurance competences - processes setup and assurance, data custodian competences. - Ability to build a robust data management process, with both data and Procurement expertise, to contribute to CO2 reduction through emissions data improvement (example: aligning the emissions data with the nature of spend, defining process flow and ownership with Procurement processes in mind). - Basic to intermediate understanding of environmental data landscape Key deliverables: - Data Assurance readiness for the Procurement delivered KPIs, - Data-driven support to compliance with EUDR, CBAM, CSDDD, CSRD