Senior Store Planner

Overview

Eight decades ago, we were founded not by business people or investors, but by a community of 23 friends connected by the shared belief that a life outdoors is a life well lived. Together, they formed a co‑op around the purpose that guides us to this day – to inspire and enable life outside for everyone.

This job contributes to REI’s success by leading the store planning design activities that promote company identity, enhance the REI brand, and improve the operations for our store teams. The role is responsible for delivering high‑quality fixture plans that execute store design brand standards and the ideal customer experience for our stores. Additional responsibilities include leading all aspects of the store planning process to include cross‑collaboration in a variety of new and existing retail store projects and ensuring a compelling customer experience in REI retail stores.

The Sr Store Planner balances multiple projects and programs simultaneously and models and acts in accordance with REI’s guiding values and mission.

This role requires advanced knowledge of space planning practices and store design development and is able to manage projects with high levels of ambiguity and budget complexity. The ideal candidate can manage both tactical and strategic projects, use a wide range of strategies, concepts, and prior experience to determine a course of action and deliver independently, effectively influence and negotiate solutions when the path forward is unclear, and make trade‑offs when evaluating opportunity versus available resources.

• Responsible for managing the store planning scope, activities, and schedule of a project.
• Coordinates the development of the Department Plan and Fixture Plan with the Concept, Visual Merchandising and Architecture teams to deliver a cohesive customer experience.
• Responsible for collaboration with the Assortment Planning team to ensure the Fixture Plan implements the assigned assortments while maximizing selling space.
• Responsible for delivering a high‑quality Fixture Plan that adheres to adjacency guidelines, category management, space allocation, and accessibility requirements.
• Responsible for implementing store planning program requirements into the Fixture Plans for our fleet of stores.
• Responsible for providing the Construction Procurement Team with accurate data to forecast budgets and procure fixtures.
• Responsible for documenting and maintaining the fixture block library through coordination with fixture shop drawings.
• Responsible for implementing the category management blocks through coordination and alignment with the Concept, Assortment Planning, and Visual Merchandising teams.
• Responsible for informing schedules and timelines with project teams and effectively communicating dates to meet all established deadlines.
• Responsible for documenting and maintaining the square‑footage data for the fleet of stores.
• Provides support during the Fixture and Visual Merchandising install phases.
• Responsible for collaboration with the Concept Design team to translate and execute new concepts.
• Responsible for providing guidance and support to define team processes and procedures.
• Provides decision support for the Manager of Store Planning and advises leadership team on business impacts.
• Store visits may be required to audit the implementation of standards and to develop new ones on an as‑needed basis.
• Provides coaching and mentoring to Store Planner II team members.

• 8+ years of store design experience in a complex retail environment.
• BA or AA in Architecture, Interior Design, or related degree (preferred).
• Experience with space planning as it relates to retail.
• Store Design, Visual presentation, or Merchandising experience.
• Fluency in Revit is essential and other design software including Sketchup, Auto Cad, Bluebeam, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma.
• Ability to establish and apply store planning standards in a variety of store formats.
• Project management skills including measurement, reporting and financial analysis.
• Ability to create and maintain process systems, documentation and support tools.
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