AddressGrow your career with a global retailer as a Merchandising Assistant (Micro Space Planning) within our Merchandising team at ALDI Australia, based in Minchinbury. This is a 12-month fixed term contract position.
In this role, you'll be an integral part of the team that manages and transforms the physical space of ALDI stores, shaping the customer experience through the strategic arrangement of products via planograms and shelving plans. The Merchandising team is the unseen hand that guides our customers' journey within each store, ensuring a seamless, pleasing, and efficient shopping experience. But this role isn't just about arranging shelves; it's about collaborating with stakeholders from diverse corners of our business. Our goal is to ensure that our planograms and shelving plans align with our broader business strategy and expectations.
Here at ALDI, every role has its impact and your contribution to the Merchandising team will be pivotal in shaping our customers' experiences in-store.
What does the role look like?
- Liaise with Buying teams in relation to category space limitations and product positioning
- Coordinate store layout recommendations using Spaceman software
- Create, update and maintain store planograms
- Coordinate in-store planogram implementation
- Act as a central point of communication between the Buying department and greater business
- Assist Buying staff with category reviews
- Manage various merchandising projects as required
Qualifications
What do we need from you?
- Demonstrated experience in FMCG/Retail industry
- Prior demonstrated space planning and SAP experience is highly regarded
- Prior exposure using space planning software programs is preferred
- Strong reporting and analytical skills
- Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office suite, particularly Excel
- Prior experience in project management and implementation
- Strong attention to detail
- Exceptional organisational skills with the ability adapt in high stress situations
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
Additional Information
What’s in it for you?
- Transparent tiered salary range of $93,600 - $104,000 including super
- Enjoy 5 weeks annual leave for pursuing your passions outside of work
- Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work options (after training period)
- Be part of a company with purpose - we’re committed to sustainability for our planet, positively impacting our communities, supporting our farmers and suppliers and giving our customers a richer life for less.
- Support during life’s most important moments including paid parental leave, superannuation on parental leave, up to 5 days paid compassionate leave, natural disaster leave, emergency services leave etc
- An Employee Assistance Program that you and your immediate family can use which is 100% free and confidential
- Complimentary access to free physiotherapy to treat non-work related aches, pains or niggles
- Opportunities to contribute to company wide projects, move laterally into other roles in the business and embark on international assignments
- Working with a retailer who has been recognised as an Employer of Choice (as voted in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018)
- Access to wellness programs such as discounted gym memberships, discounted health insurance and more
