Visual Planner 6 Month FTC

Join Superdrug Head Office – Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am–5.30pm – Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities, with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station, is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here’s the exciting bit… A day includes:

• Reviewing and building store planograms, working with Buyers and Merchandisers to deliver layouts that work for our customers and store teams.
• Working with suppliers to find the best fixture solutions to help customers understand and shop our ranges.
• Supporting strong promotional plans, considering which products are available in which stores.
• Getting involved in key company projects.
• Building an understanding of our customers to help make the right ranging and merchandising decisions.
• Helping improve the quality of stock in stores and supporting the visibility of our Own Brand products.

Planogram Management

• Work closely with the Merchandise Planner and Buying team to agree range review objectives and ensure these are met across all plans within the agreed timeline.
• Coordinate planning meetings with all relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure all planograms meet visual merchandising guidelines and planogram rules.
• Manage discontinued stock effectively within category planograms and highlight key risks before plans go live.
• Understand the impact of de-ranged stock on the business and take appropriate steps to minimise this.
• Build plans in the merchandise centre or with supplier category teams ahead of range reviews, as required.
• Agree and deliver range review communications ahead of launch, coordinating with Store Operations.
• Deliver planograms to stores and respond promptly to store team queries.

Fixtures and Merchandising Solutions

• Ensure all fixtures are included in the planning process and positioned on planograms in line with merchandising principles.
• Manage fixture projects and critical paths for your categories, meeting category objectives within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Analyse the impact of fixtures and trays in stores, sharing data and findings with the wider team.

Range Management

• Maintain accurate category range plans, keeping them up to date with new lines and range changes.
• Range new products to stores and update category range plans accordingly.
• Take ownership of weekly linked-line management for the team.
• Understand the Superdrug shopper and develop range plans that reflect the needs of each customer segment.

Promotional Planograms

• Own the promotional planogram sign-off process for Hair, Personal Care and Convenience, building all planograms in line with the critical path.
• Ensure the sign-off sheet is approved by the Senior Visual Planner.
• Review and challenge product facings using promotional forecasts and SKU-level distribution.
• Ensure plans are communicated clearly and efficiently through the promotional bulletin.
• Maintain weekly trackers and run reports for the wider team.

Stakeholder Relationships

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with store teams, internal departments, suppliers and other external stakeholders.
• Support key company projects and deliver work within agreed budgets and timescales.

What you need to succeed:

• Experience working in a store environment or another visual planning role.
• Strong attention to detail, with an awareness of the bigger picture.
• Confidence to challenge the status quo and suggest improvements.
• A team-focused approach and the ability to collaborate with other departments.
• A desire to do what is best for our customers.
• Good numerical, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.

Here’s what’s in it for you:

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays).
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend.
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online.
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
• Company pension matching and bonus.
• We offer Stream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK.
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes.
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss leave and support.
• Come and be part of something special!

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