About the role
Summary Of The Role Reporting to the Category Manager, the Category & Space Planning Analyst will leverage data-driven insights to optimize product assortment and shelf-layout. The role includes designing, building, and maintaining planograms aligned with merchandising standards and assortment strategies, while supporting the sales team with recommendations on achieving financial targets.
Key Responsibilities Planogram Management:
- Build and maintain planograms (images, dimensions, fixtures, product placement) using JDA Space Planning.
- Validate data accuracy and perform quality checks.
- Manage planogram releases across multiple retailers
- Capture and integrate product scans and images into space planning software.
- Develops data-driven recommendations to support successful new item launches, ensuring optimal shelf placement, achieving distribution goals, and maximizing category performance.
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Analyze large datasets to support assortment and space planning decisions.
- Generate reports using syndicated and internal data sources (Nielsen, Circana, Retail Link).
- Track key business metrics and monitor outcomes of implemented recommendations.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with category teams to translate assortment strategies into actionable recommendations.
- Work closely with Business Development Managers supporting business initiatives and achieve overall sales targets.
- Support the Category Manager with ad hoc requests
Insights & Optimization
- Identify optimization opportunities for shelf layouts and assortment strategies.
- Perform post-mortem reviews of planograms, monitor impact on shelf performance and and provide actionable recommendations for optimization.
- Maintain industry knowledge and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent in business-related courses
- 3-5 years of experience in space planning within the CPG industry.
- Proficiency in JDA/Blue Yonder, MS Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with Nielsen and other retail/market data systems (e.g., Circana,) is an asset
- Ability to derive insights from data and support data-driven recommendations.
- Growth mindset with a strong sense of curiosity and a desire to learn and adapt to new challenges.
- Excellent proficiency in written and verbal communication in English. French is an asset.
Salary: starting at 63 086 $ per year
Salary will be determined based on your experience, skills, training, and organizational needs
About Leclerc Foods
After 114 years of dedication to making cookies, snack bars, and crackers, our family business has become a true leader in the agrifood industry. Our recipes meet the highest standards of quality, consistency, and satisfaction across the board. As the heart of our business, our employees are the proud ambassadors of our 100-year success.
While we have adapted our production methods over the years in our continuous pursuit of excellence, some things have not changed: quality ingredients, tried-and-true recipes, and the conviction of giving our customers the best. We take real pride in our craft, and the feeling of comfort and wellbeing you get from our products is our greatest reward.
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About the role
Summary Of The Role Reporting to the Category Manager, the Category & Space Planning Analyst will leverage data-driven insights to optimize product assortment and shelf-layout. The role includes designing, building, and maintaining planograms aligned with merchandising standards and assortment strategies, while supporting the sales team with recommendations on achieving financial targets.
Key Responsibilities Planogram Management:
- Build and maintain planograms (images, dimensions, fixtures, product placement) using JDA Space Planning.
- Validate data accuracy and perform quality checks.
- Manage planogram releases across multiple retailers
- Capture and integrate product scans and images into space planning software.
- Develops data-driven recommendations to support successful new item launches, ensuring optimal shelf placement, achieving distribution goals, and maximizing category performance.
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Analyze large datasets to support assortment and space planning decisions.
- Generate reports using syndicated and internal data sources (Nielsen, Circana, Retail Link).
- Track key business metrics and monitor outcomes of implemented recommendations.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with category teams to translate assortment strategies into actionable recommendations.
- Work closely with Business Development Managers supporting business initiatives and achieve overall sales targets.
- Support the Category Manager with ad hoc requests
Insights & Optimization
- Identify optimization opportunities for shelf layouts and assortment strategies.
- Perform post-mortem reviews of planograms, monitor impact on shelf performance and and provide actionable recommendations for optimization.
- Maintain industry knowledge and best practices to drive continuous improvement.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent in business-related courses
- 3-5 years of experience in space planning within the CPG industry.
- Proficiency in JDA/Blue Yonder, MS Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with Nielsen and other retail/market data systems (e.g., Circana,) is an asset
- Ability to derive insights from data and support data-driven recommendations.
- Growth mindset with a strong sense of curiosity and a desire to learn and adapt to new challenges.
- Excellent proficiency in written and verbal communication in English. French is an asset.
Salary: starting at 63 086 $ per year
Salary will be determined based on your experience, skills, training, and organizational needs
About Leclerc Foods
After 114 years of dedication to making cookies, snack bars, and crackers, our family business has become a true leader in the agrifood industry. Our recipes meet the highest standards of quality, consistency, and satisfaction across the board. As the heart of our business, our employees are the proud ambassadors of our 100-year success.
While we have adapted our production methods over the years in our continuous pursuit of excellence, some things have not changed: quality ingredients, tried-and-true recipes, and the conviction of giving our customers the best. We take real pride in our craft, and the feeling of comfort and wellbeing you get from our products is our greatest reward.