Space Manager Sr Team Leader - Advantage Solutions

Senior Space & Assortment Analytics Manager – Team Leader

The Senior Space & Assortment Analytics Manager – Team Leader is a proven leader who can motivate and inspire their team to create and deliver outstanding value for our clients and customers today, as well as a thought leader who can provide enhancements and strategic direction to lead them into the future. Working as a strategic business partner to Advantage clients and customers, the Team Leader ensures the quality of production as well as utilizes space analytics to achieve our clients’ and retailers’ objectives. The Team Leader is responsible for evaluating, training, directing and driving results for their assigned team.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Client/Customer Leadership and Management
• Engage and collaborate with assigned clients/customers to understand and prioritize strategies and objectives while recommending business solutions to meet their needs
• Foster and grow relationships across all levels of key internal and external stakeholders to deliver enhanced strategic value while leveraging the enterprise capabilities
• Utilization of space analytics to create retailer selling stories to achieve client’s objectives
Associate Development
• Manage and mentor a group of Space & Assortment Managers, Schematic Analysts and Space Planning Associates by communicating company and department strategies/goals while aligning their efforts to achieve those goals
• Demonstrate hands-on approach to learning and development of associates, identifying training needs for current and future roles while mentoring and guiding associates in their on-going professional development
• Responsible for establishing a quality standard of support to meet the needs of our clients and customers along with a process to assess each associate’s capabilities and to lead the development of supporting training curriculum
• Create an engaging environment whereby associates feel motivated and inspired to embrace constant self- improvement while demonstrating proactiveness, creativity and team work
Operational Excellence
• Experience in Process Management to understand the tactical support needed to any retailer’s Space Management process to ensure quality and consistency throughout the engagement
• Experience in Project Management to understand the complexity and strategy for any given category across multiple customers or clients
• Experience in Timeline Management with the ability to prioritize multiple concurrent projects while ensuring on time delivery of high-quality shelving solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must to translate client objectives into retailer strategies to win at the shelf

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports
- Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources

Indirect Reports
- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Travel is an essential duty and function of this job. Driving is not an essential duty or function of this job.
- Travel up to 10%

Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job
Education Level: (Required) Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: Marketing, math, statistics, or economic fields
- 3-5 years of experience in Category Management role within the CPG industry

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Intellectually curious, eager to problem solve, and a quick learner
• Well-organized and strong attention to detail and accuracy/analytical mind set required for more complex category updates
• Self-directed work ethic and desire to succeed; thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team; a hunger for “winning together”
• Ability to confidently work with client, customer, and internal leadership
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize business requests
• Good communication – written and oral – skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated forward-looking, strategic thinking ability
• Microsoft Office experience: Mastery of Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Complete understanding and application of principles and practices of Space Management (analysis of assortment, shelving, space to sales, reporting, etc.) with expertise in Space Planning software (JDA, Apollo, Spaceman)
• Ability to create quality assurance processes for final POG reviews before submitting to the customer/client
• Experience in retailer schematic update processes, strategies and objectives
• Financial acumen – ability to track hours by project/client and summarize as needed for billing purposes
• Passion for development of self and others
• Demonstrated ability to manage, lead, mentor, and inspire

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
Client/Customer Leadership and Management
• Engage and collaborate with assigned clients/customers to understand and prioritize strategies and objectives while recommending business solutions to meet their needs
• Foster and grow relationships across all levels of key internal and external stakeholders to deliver enhanced strategic value while leveraging the enterprise capabilities
• Utilization of space analytics to create retailer selling stories to achieve client’s objectives
Associate Development
• Manage and mentor a group of Space & Assortment Managers, Schematic Analysts and Space Planning Associates by communicating company and department strategies/goals while aligning their efforts to achieve those goals
• Demonstrate hands-on approach to learning and development of associates, identifying training needs for current and future roles while mentoring and guiding associates in their on-going professional development
• Responsible for establishing a quality standard of support to meet the needs of our clients and customers along with a process to assess each associate’s capabilities and to lead the development of supporting training curriculum
• Create an engaging environment whereby associates feel motivated and inspired to embrace constant self- improvement while demonstrating proactiveness, creativity and team work
Operational Excellence
• Experience in Process Management to understand the tactical support needed to any retailer’s Space Management process to ensure quality and consistency throughout the engagement
• Experience in Project Management to understand the complexity and strategy for any given category across multiple customers or clients
• Experience in Timeline Management with the ability to prioritize multiple concurrent projects while ensuring on time delivery of high-quality shelving solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must to translate client objectives into retailer strategies to win at the shelf

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports
- Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources

Indirect Reports
- May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Travel and/or Driving Requirements

- Travel is an essential duty and function of this job. Driving is not an essential duty or function of this job.
- Travel up to 10%

Minimum Qualifications The following are the minimum job-related qualifications which an individual needs in order to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the job
Education Level: (Required) Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Field of Study/Area of Experience: Marketing, math, statistics, or economic fields
- 3-5 years of experience in Category Management role within the CPG industry

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
• Intellectually curious, eager to problem solve, and a quick learner
• Well-organized and strong attention to detail and accuracy/analytical mind set required for more complex category updates
• Self-directed work ethic and desire to succeed; thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively as part of a team; a hunger for “winning together”
• Ability to confidently work with client, customer, and internal leadership
• Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize business requests
• Good communication – written and oral – skills and strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated forward-looking, strategic thinking ability
• Microsoft Office experience: Mastery of Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Complete understanding and application of principles and practices of Space Management (analysis of assortment, shelving, space to sales, reporting, etc.) with expertise in Space Planning software (JDA, Apollo, Spaceman)
• Ability to create quality assurance processes for final POG reviews before submitting to the customer/client
• Experience in retailer schematic update processes, strategies and objectives
• Financial acumen – ability to track hours by project/client and summarize as needed for billing purposes
• Passion for development of self and others
• Demonstrated ability to manage, lead, mentor, and inspire

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements
Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear the telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may also require the ability to lift up to 10 pounds.

Additional Information Regarding Advantage Solutions Job Duties and Job Descriptions
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.