Head of Retail Space Planning
Do you have exceptional space planning analytics skills coupled with a strong desire to deliver business strategy by optimizing store layout, utilizing space to drive sales, and enhancing the customer shopping experience? Your next job might be at Flying Tiger Copenhagen, one of the world's most successful – and definitely most fun – retailers.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Retail Space Planning who will be responsible for developing store layouts to maximize space utilization and sales and facilitate customer flow. You will lead a team of Space planners and Analysts, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to streamline processes, optimize space utilization, and enhance the customer experience.
You will become part of a dynamic, commercially oriented, and entrepreneurial work environment and be part of a team driven by passion. You will be based at our HQ office in Strandgade, in the heart of Copenhagen.
This is the job
- Develop the team to provide subject matter in both space planning and visual merchandising, ensuring cohesive execution across all formats.
- Enhance the customer experience through compelling store layouts and visually impactful displays that inspire purchase decisions, communicate brand stories, and ease navigation.
- Maximize Sales & space potential by strategically planning space and visual presentation of merchandise to drive conversion and increase average basket value.
- Optimize Space Utilization by planning product categories, feature areas, and promotional zones using sales, inventory, and customer flow data to minimize underperforming space.
- Improve operational efficiency by aligning store layout changes with seasonal visual merchandising campaigns, streamlining processes, and ensuring timely execution.
- Maintain brand consistency by developing and enforcing standardized space planning and VM guidelines, ensuring uniform presentation across all stores.
- Promote innovation by experimenting with new visual techniques, display technologies, and layout concepts to continually refresh the in-store experience.
More specifically the key responsibilities are:
- Store Layout & Display Design: Develop store layouts and in-store visual presentation strategies to maximize selling space, facilitate customer flow, and create engaging displays aligned with brand and commercial objectives.
- Seasonal & Promotional Execution: Oversee the integration of seasonal campaigns and promotional changes into space and VM plans, ensuring impactful execution in line with the Master Calendar.
- Data Analysis & Performance Monitoring: Utilize sales data, foot traffic patterns, and VM audits to evaluate the effectiveness of layouts and displays, making data-led adjustments.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with Commercial Planning, Marketing, Retail Operations, and Store Teams to ensure coordinated execution of space and VM strategies.
- Guideline Development: Create and maintain space planning and VM guidelines, planograms, and visual display manuals for consistent application.
- Training & Development: Lead training programs for store and VM teams to build capability in executing visual standards and optimizing store layouts.
- Continuous Improvement: Monitor industry trends and competitor activity to evolve space and VM strategies in response to changing market and consumer needs.
- Project Management: Manage space and VM projects from concept through execution, ensuring deadlines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
This is you:
To succeed in the role, we imagine you have several years of retail space experience making you proficient in space planning principles including store layout design, planogram development, and space utilization optimization as well as;
- Experience with space management software (e.g. JDA, Relex).
- Retail Industry Knowledge: A strong understanding of the industry including market trends, consumer behaviour, and competitive dynamics.
- Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze sales data, foot traffic patterns, etc. to evaluate store performance, identify implications, and make data-driven decisions.
- Strong organization and planning skills, able to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Effective communication skills displaying ability to work with multiple levels of leaders and stakeholders across several business functions.
- Keen attention to detail for ensuring accuracy in range, layouts, etc.
This is us
Commercial Planning is a newer, highly international department within the Commercial team at Flying Tiger Copenhagen. We are a team of +30 analytical professionals supporting the business globally across S&O planning, range building, forecast & ordering, trade analysis, pricing and more. We are entrepreneurs and not afraid to test new ways of working or thinking out of the box.
Flying Tiger Copenhagen is a company with strong values founded in Scandinavian culture. We want to be fun and relevant, and we put our hearts into everything we do.
Flying Tiger Copenhagen offers:
- Probably the best location – right at the heart of Copenhagen facing the waterfront.
- Flexible work environment with the opportunity of working from home.
- Special discounts in our Danish Flying Tiger Copenhagen stores.
- Attractive pension plan and private health insurance – also including children.
- International, dynamic work environment founded in Scandinavian culture.
- Delicious restaurant food in our own canteen everyday – including cake on Thursdays.
- A social, fun, and informal workplace with parties, Friday bars, staff club etc.
- Celebration and many other occasions to eat cake.
- And much more…
If this resonates with you, don’t hold back – please tell us what you’ve got and apply through the link in the job ad.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Did you know?
We take climate change very seriously and work very hard to minimize our carbon footprint. We do this by buying less plastic and more renewable materials (everything which grows) – and we also want to make sure that all stores are run on renewable energy. We walk the talk – and make sure that what we do is validated by external experts, in the Science Based Targets initiative. You can read more about our work with climate action here