Space Planning & Store Productivity

About Nama Arabia

Nama Arabia is seeking an Assistant Manager – Space Planning & Store Productivity to lead the development of effective space allocation, store productivity, and planogram strategies across its retail formats in Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on maximizing the commercial return of every square meter.

Role Overview

The Assistant Manager will be responsible for connecting sales, margin, inventory, customer demand, and store capacity with practical store layouts and category space allocation. The role requires a commercially driven individual who can go beyond display and planogram execution to understand the commercial aspects of space planning, addressing questions such as optimal product placement, space allocation, inventory levels, and financial return per space.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze sales, margin, inventory, stock turn, and SKU productivity by store and category.
• Develop space allocation models by category, sub-category, brand, and store format.
• Identify over-spaced and under-spaced categories and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop store zoning, category adjacencies, and customer flow plans.
• Create and manage planograms, shelf allocation, facings, and fixture capacity.
• Build differentiated space models for flagship, large, medium, and small store formats.
• Align assortment and inventory levels with available selling and fixture capacity.
• Identify slow-moving and aged inventory occupying productive selling space and recommend re-space, rationalization, or liquidation actions.
• Support new store openings, refurbishments, and store re-layouts.
• Develop temporary space plans for key commercial campaigns such as Ramadan, Eid, Back-to-School, Black Friday, and Gifting.
• Collaborate with Buying, Merchandising, VM, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, and Projects teams.
• Measure the commercial impact of space initiatives and continuously improve space productivity.

Key Performance Indicators

• Sales per sq. meter / sq. ft.
• Gross margin per sq. meter / sq. ft.
• Inventory density
• Stock turn and sell-through
• SKU productivity
• Reduction of aged inventory occupying selling space
• Planogram compliance
• Incremental sales and margin generated through re-space initiatives

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will possess 5-10 years of relevant experience and a strong understanding of the commercial aspects of space planning. We are looking for an individual who can strategically address how products are placed, how much space they receive, the corresponding inventory levels, and the financial return generated from that space.

Application Process

If you have the required experience and are interested in joining a growing retail organization, we encourage you to apply.