Store Planning Operations Specialist

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for
the many. We are building on more than 180 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernize the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

Build & maintain a “Store Equipment Planning Model Store & Master Data” infrastructure as foundation for a data driven and AI empowered store planning process to drive store planning & delivery efficiency & speed.

At C&A we are driven by our values and we believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is not contradictory to caring for people & the planet, we are always forward thinking and acting to develop our business and innovate the industry. This is your chance to join the C&A team as Store Planning Operations Specialist!

Your responsibilities

• Set up & maintain the library of C&A model stores representative of the C&A store fleet & formats (size & commercial parameters) to enable efficient data driven store planning
• Set up & maintain the library of C&A standard presentation sections and standard fixture combinations to create a modular toolbox as base for efficient store planning & AI empowered planning
• Set up & maintain the standard equipment catalogue feeding the presentation section & fixture combination catalogue to enable a commercial & cost-effective store planning and use of equipment contributing to the fixture order processes
• Continuously follow up with central & market store implementation, VM and fulfillment teams on executed store projects to generate learnings and identify necessary updates to the model store & master data infrastructure
• Consult & train central & market store implementation teams on data driven & AI empowered planning process to foster change and enable efficient way of store planning and delivery of store planning outputs

Key Relationships:

• Central & market store planning teams (interior architecture, equipment & deco display)
• Commercial planning team (product planning & commercial store profiling)
• Central concept design & development team (equipment development)
• Central & market VM team
• Central Fulfillment Team
• Tech team (tech infrastructure)
• Central Master Data Team
• Key External Partners

What you bring

• Store planning (architecture/engineering)
• CAD system & related data landscape
• Visual Merchandising
• Master Data Management
• Data Analytics

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in (interior) architecture or civil engineering or comparable work experience
• Degree in visual merchandising or comparable work experience
• Degree in IT/Tech or comparable work experience
• CAD system operations

What we offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy
• Access to a Partner Discount Scheme
• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores
• 30 days' vacation
• Corporate pension scheme
• Mental health and wellness program
• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture