Micro Space Planning Manager

**Join us and experience Bunnings from the other side of the counter**

**What’s in it for you**when you’re part of our**team**:

- Team discount at Bunnings and other Wesfarmers brands including Kmart, Target and Officeworks to name a few

- Free standard OnePass membership

- Access to over 100+ exclusive team member benefits across health, shopping, travel and stay, wealth, work and leave

- 12 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender

- Fun stuff like annual festive gifts, discounted food and drinks at our Bunnings Cafe, and travelling store team member opportunities

- We’re genuinely invested in your career and no matter where you start with us, that pathway is yours to build

**About the Role**:
As one of the Micro Space Planning Managers, you will lead the development and execution of merchandising standards at a product level, ensuring optimal product placement and planogram performance across the

Bunnings network. This role is pivotal in driving store efficiency and enhancing the customer shopping experience.

Reporting to the Space Planning Manager, you will manage a team of specialists focused on planogram creation, SKU optimisation, and merchandising compliance.

**What's**involved**:

- Oversee the creation and maintenance of planograms for all store formats, ensuring alignment with merchandising principles and standards.
- Collaborate with Category Managers and Buyers to support range reviews and implement category changes effectively.
- Identify opportunities to enhance planogram performance, supporting the improvement in maximising the return on space.
- Work closely with Merchandising, Operations, Store Development, and Suppliers to ensure seamless execution of space planning initiatives.
- Lead, coach, and empower your team to:

- Provide data-driven recommendations on Planogram and SKU performance
- Support merchants in making informed ranging decisions.
- Assist in new store openings, upgrades, and expansions by delivering accurate micro space planning solutions.

**Who**we’re**looking for**:
You’ll bring a sharp analytical mindset and a strong ability to work with large datasets to uncover insights that drive smarter decisions.

Y ou’ll be confident navigating technical detail while keeping the bigger picture in view. Your leadership style is all about building trust, empowering others, and creating a culture of collaboration and accountability. Strong communication is key—you know how to influence, negotiate and bring people on the journey.

**You’ll**need**:

- Demonstrated experience in a similar role ideally within a large retail organisation
- Excellent stakeholder management, relationship building, and influencing skills at all organizational levels
- Strategic planning and organisational skills
- Experience working with customer and market insights advantageous
- Experience in using large datasets, with the ability to analyse and determine performance to drive business outcomes _highly regarded _
- Proficiency across the Microsoft suite (advanced in Excel and PowerPoint)

**You’ll be part of a workplace where you’ll feel like you belong.**

**About Us**

Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and lifestyle products in Australia and New Zealand. We're proud to support project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry through our network of stores, trade centres, frame and truss sites and online.
- Please note if you are offered a role with us, background checks may be required. This can include police, employment, medical and qualification checks. If a police check search returns a criminal record, Bunnings will assess whether the record impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role._