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At SpartanNash, we deliver the ingredients for a better life through customer-focused innovation. We do this for our supply chain customers and U.S. military commissaries, retail store guests and, most importantly, our Associates. In fact, we see a day when each will say, "I can't live without them." Our SpartanNash family of Associates is 17,500 strong, ranging from bakery managers to order selectors; from IT developers to vice presidents of finance; from HR Business Partners to export specialists. Each of them plays an integral role in SpartanNash's People First culture, Operational Excellence and Insights that Drive Solutions. Ready to contribute to the success of our food solutions company? Apply now! Location: 850 76th Street S.W. - Byron Center, Michigan 49315 Job Description: Position Summary: This role is responsible to develop, direct and implement planogram development strategies and store reset activities to achieve department budget. Analyze and update the vendor resources program to optimize performance in the Shelf Technology department. Provide leadership in building merchandising best practices to support customer centric category management; assess the current business and develop priorities/plan to utilize available resources to achieve business goals. Here's what you'll do: * Responsible to develop, direct and implement planogram development strategies and store reset activities. * Partner with merchandising to implement strategies through the optimization of assortment by market and banner, and customize planogram as per customers demand. * Utilize customer behavior, market trends, and developments in technology to enhance customer satisfaction. * Responsible to plan, forecast and budget for the shelf technology department. * Direct team to ensure coordination with each business owner and store operations management staff to facilitate planogram reset activities; this includes creating an outline, defining planograms standards, specifications and compliance measurement. * Analyze and evolve business models that organize all brokers and vendor retail resources designed to implement planogram and merchandising layouts. * Measure the performance of new initiatives and business models by identifying and analyzing opportunities and gaps; build tools and processes to achieve targeted objectives and goal. Ensure current program (e.g. Home Store), new initiatives and business models are implemented in all corporate and independent owned retail locations. * Find continuous improvement opportunities to use innovation, automation, and new technology across the shelf technology team. * Utilize analytical methods to extract actionable insights from diverse datasets, in order to drive space management decisions across different product categories, with a focus on fact based decision making. * Work closely with cross-functional departments to facilitate the development, deployment and refining of tools and methodologies related to assortment, planogram and category solutions. Responsible for department management including staffing, training, performance management and career development of associates, and developing and monitoring department goals. * Maintain current knowledge of legal regulations, industry trends and best practices; make recommendations to improve current programs and processes and to ensure company legal compliance. * Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed. Here's what you'll need: * Bachelor's degree (required) in Marketing, Advertising, Business Administration, or related field, and/or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience. * Ten years of Marketing, Merchandising, Retail Operations, Space Management or relevant experience. * Five years of supervisory/management experience. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * Excellent leadership, organizational, prioritization, problem solving, analytical skills. * Strong attention to detail, negotiation and mul