Micro Space Planner

Job Family Group:

Retail Group

Job Description:

As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. Bp's customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology centre (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, demonstrating technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!

Shift timings: 3 AM to 12 PM & 5 AM to 2 PM (IST)

About the role :

As a Micro Space Planner within the Trading Services Hub, you will play a key role in supporting bp’s ANZ retail business by optimising product assortments, shelf layouts, and store space utilisation to deliver exceptional customer experiences and strong commercial outcomes. Using category insights, sales performance data, and merchandising principles, you will create and maintain planograms that drive product availability, maximise sales and profitability, and support effective shelf strategies. Working closely with category, merchandising, retail, Pricebook, promotions related collaborators, you will influence range reviews, product change initiatives, waste reduction activities, and customer mission-based ranging strategies. This role sits at the heart of bp’s retail operations, helping to translate customer and business insights into actionable merchandising solutions that enhance store performance and support the successful delivery of bp’s retail strategy across the ANZ network.

What you will deliver (responsibilities)

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• Champion a customer-centric approach in all decision-making
• Leverage data and customer insights to optimise sales, profitability, and space performance.
• Define and implement the range review cycle in partnership with category team and ensure activities/requirements are completed within specified time frames.
• Build Micro and Macro planograms / floor plans in line with merchandising standards and guidelines.
• Work with the Food & Merchandise Category Team to align space planning decisions with category strategies and commercial objectives.
• Work with Retail operations, Pricebook, Promotions and Commercial teams to ensure planograms are implemented effectively on time and deliver the intended customer and business outcomes.
• Data and Analytics teams to demonstrate customer insights, sales performance, and space productivity metrics to support decision-making.
• Support the delivery of strategic retail initiatives across Buying Group sites, including the adoption and optimisation of Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) and other emerging technologies.
• Cross-functional collaborators involved in product change cycles, new product launches, deletions, and promotional initiatives

What you will need to be successful (experience, job requirements & qualifications)

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• Consider whether degree and/or professional qualification is required to succeed in the role. If not a direct requirement for the role, academic achievements and professional qualifications should not be listed
• 3-5 years micro-space planning experience
• Experience with JDA CKB space planning tool (or similar tools) highly desirable
• Ability to convey information fluently, whilst interpreting and clarifying details and explaining rationale
• Strong collaboration with all internal stakeholders and in particular, members of the Food & Merchandise team
• Strong commercial competence and excellent analytical/problem solving ability
• Knowledge of working Convenience/ FMCG industry is desirable

You will work with

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This role will be part of the engine room of the ANZ business that enables delivery of the bp strategy for our customers and team. Playing a pivotal role in landing both the company and local strategies.

Why join bp?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement:

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer data knowledge, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital Collaboration, Digital Fluency, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Integrated pricing, Knowledge Sharing, Leading transformation, Negotiation planning and preparation, Offer and product knowledge, Offer execution and growth, Operational Excellence, Partner relationship management {+ 10 more}

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