Lead Analyst Space and Assortment

Our company is a leading North American sales and marketing agency providing outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing solutions for manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of consumer packaged goods (CPG) and food products.

We support a broad range of retail channels, including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty retail, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home improvement. By partnering with both manufacturers and retailers, we help bring the best products to consumers while driving growth and operational excellence across the marketplace.

The Lead Analyst Space and Assortment serves as a strategic partner to merchandising and client teams, leveraging consumer insights, analytics, and space planning expertise to optimize assortments, floor plans, and planograms. This role leads cross-functional collaboration, develops actionable recommendations, and drives merchandising strategies that enhance the shopper experience while supporting client business objectives.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical capabilities with deep space planning expertise and the ability to influence stakeholders through data-driven storytelling and strategic recommendations.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives to align merchandising strategies with client objectives and business priorities.
• Analyze customer, market, and competitive data to identify trends, opportunities, and actionable insights.
• Interpret complex analytical findings and communicate recommendations clearly to diverse audiences.
• Develop assortment, floorplan, and space optimization strategies that support business growth and improve retail execution.

• Serve as the subject matter expert for space planning, planograms, floor plans, and merchandising analytics.
• Provide strategic guidance to merchandising teams on best practices related to product placement, category optimization, and space allocation.
• Create compelling merchandising presentations and recommendations designed to improve the consumer shopping experience.
• Partner with retailer and customer-facing teams to support meetings, validate recommendations, and ensure successful implementation of merchandising strategies.

• Manage and maintain space planning workflows, reporting processes, and analytical tools.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, data quality, and overall team effectiveness.
• Ensure timely execution of projects while maintaining high standards of accuracy and quality.
• Lead or support project teams by prioritizing workloads, coordinating deliverables, and ensuring consistent project completion.

• Act as a trusted advisor to merchandising, analytics, and client teams.
• Build strong partnerships across departments and stakeholders to achieve shared business goals.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing support to team members as needed.

• No direct supervisory responsibilities.

• May provide guidance, coaching, mentoring, or project leadership to cross-functional team members and indirect reports.

• Travel and driving are not essential functions of this position.

• Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• 6–8 years of experience in space planning, planograms, floor plans, or category merchandising.
• Experience performing business analysis and translating data into actionable recommendations.
• Experience with in retail merchandising, consumer…