Category/Area of Expertise: Merchandising
Job Requisition: 410839_external_USA-MD-Hyattsville
Address: USA-MD-Hyattsville-8301 Professional Place Ste115
Store Code: Merchandising Planning - Brands (5148527)

Who Is Giant?

With over 2 million weekly customers and annual sales topping $5 billion, Giant is the #1 grocer in the Baltimore-Washington area. What began as one store on Georgia Avenue in Washington D.C. in 1936, now has grown to over 160 stores spanning across D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

Giant's mission is beyond stocking groceries on shelves, we strive to be the most trusted and loved local food retailer in our community.

The Merch Planning Manager role supports all aspects of the Omni Channel Commercial Plan which includes implementation and maintenance of Category Management promotional tactics such as overlays, promotions, and commercial plan as well as the shared responsibility for achieving overall category profitability. Responsible to lead the period planning process, marketing programs, fuel rewards, ads, temporary price reductions, and displays. Acts as a key contact point to align Advertising, Marketing, Category and Pricing to the commercial plan. This includes cross functional interaction with various areas of the business (e.g. Advertising, Marketing, Supply Chain, etc.)

• Builds the Commercial Plan based off business needs and insights.

• Support category initiatives by integrating initiatives into the commercial plan, ensure growth categories are represented.

• Partners with the Category Managers, Marketing & Advertising, eComm and Pricing Team to coordinate all the key elements of the promotional plan.

• Responsible for ensuring weekly promotional tactics align with commercial plan.

• Coordinates weekly ad activities, including cross department events & vendor programs.

• Manages the promotions calendar to ensure proper coordination and timing of all key activities.

• Ensure SPAC activity aligns with new store openings, re-openings, and competitive activity.

• Track weekly performance and financial goals. Provide insights into trends.

• Responsible for developing the tracking reports and highlighting exceptions or insights.

• Utilize analytical tools that assist in category planning and execution.

• Collect, interpret, and provide fact-based input for defining innovation.

• Communicates the commercial plan: Sales Budgets, Promotional Spend, etc. to the appropriate functional areas and levels of management

• Maintain vendor relationships required to identify synergies, promote mutual growth, maximize resources, ensure consumer focus and capitalize on market opportunities.

• Partner with Category Finance to balance the spend and ROI for the promotional plan.

• Interact and partner with Supply Chain to ensure service level and execution against plans.

• Conduct regular visits to our stores & competitive stores and collaborate with Giant Field Merchandising to best understand and respond to needs/opportunities.

Required Skills:
Proficient in Microsoft office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Access. Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field or equivalent experience. 3-5 years in retail grocery support role. Comprehensive and demonstrated diversity equity & inclusion knowledge and understanding

Functional Competencies:
Analysis & Insights: Ability to develop actionable insights based on an analysis of information, data & research, which can serve as the basis for merchandising decision making, strategy development and application Advanced: Translates data & information into successful initiatives Collaborative Partnerships: Ability to create & foster cross-functional relationships to gain alignment and enable the development of beneficial solutions to achieve desired results Mastery : Develops business based on long-term vision & collaboration at the highest levels Communication & Documentation: Ability to communicate across functions, brands & organizations; communication may be in a variety of formats, including formal presentations & required documentation Mastery : Ensures that communication is tailored to the audience & provides information required for success eCommerce & Digital Marketplace Acumen: Ability to understand & apply knowledge of the eCommerce and digital marketplace drivers, insights, practices & concepts to support digitally focused ideas/solutions that achieve desired sustainable results Advanced: Integrates new technologies into all plans to maximize customer connections, engagement & increase sales Financial & Business Acumen: Ability to understand & apply knowledge of Giant Food & industry's financial drivers, practices, concepts & economic projections / forecasts to develop ideas/solutions that achieve desired sustainable results Mastery: Builds on high level knowledge of corporate business & financial principles & concepts to deliver results In-Store Merchandising: Ability to understand, create, plan & implement appropriate in-store merchandising initiatives to support our strategies & direction Mastery: Identifies areas for gaining significant & substantial competitive advantage through in-store merchandising initiatives Pricing & Promotion: Ability to understand & implement pricing & promotion initiatives, considering the impact of commodities & futures, that support the Giant Food pricing and promotional strategy & meet our overall financial objectives Mastery: Identifies pricing & promotion tactics to gain significant & substantial competitive advantage Product & Category Knowledge: Ability to apply understanding of food safety, product specifications, product relational groups, category & marketplace trends to deliver our desired business results Mastery: Provides significant value to Giant Food & the shopper through extensive understanding of products, categories & the marketplace Strategic Business Planning: Ability to develop & implement comprehensive solutions, including facilitating tactics & plans that deliver Giant Food's strategy Mastery: Develops innovative plans which maximize return on investment Systems & Technology: Ability to leverage all appropriate systems & tools as well as embrace new technology to execute objectives to achieve desired business results Advanced: Applies knowledge of systems & software to manage the business Why Work at Giant?

At Giant, we love what we do, and make it easy for you to love it, too! Every day, we build on our over 80-year legacy of innovation, quality, and value and hard work to keep our top spot in the market and with our customers. The most important part of that? Our people.

Giant's thousands of associates in our stores, distribution centers and corporate headquarters have one thing in common: the opportunity to advance their career. We proudly hire and promote from our own ranks, offering opportunities to learn and advance, take trainings and earn degrees, serve our communities, receive recognition for their work and have a career, not just a job.

We proudly host Business Resource Groups ( BRGs) - six voluntary employee-led groups that help build community and are aligned with our mission, values, goals, business practices and objectives. The BRGs programming is designed to support their members and our associates through social activity, volunteering and professional development opportunities.

Our mission is to provide convenient ways for our customers to prepare meals for moments that matter most through meal solutions, recipe inspiration, time-saving services like pickup and delivery and beyond. Giant also values being a better neighbor. One way we support our neighbors is by providing donations and charitable efforts to our local partners that support our main charitable causes.

We'd love for you to become part of the Giant family and join us in our journey of being a Better Place to Work, a Better Place to Shop and a Better Neighbor - because, after all, our people truly make us Giant.