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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