Point of Sale (POS) Planner

About the role:

The role will support the Food side of the business to help develop and implement outstanding in store POS communications across the full estate which support the category strategies whilst maintaining clear and concise communications for our customers. This is a wide and varied role which will require excellent engagement and organisational skills as well as the ability to put the customer at the heart of the discussion to ensure that everything which is executed helps to drive sales performance.

The ins and outs:

• Responsible for the delivery and implementation of all POS packages, projects and solutions for all formats across the estate
• Work with category planners supporting their In Store requirements in line with brand and POS guidelines
• Work in parallel with the In Store Design team in the execution of creative development
• Responsible for critical path management across all POS packages and projects, supporting the Marketing Operations team to ensure activity lands right first time
• Responsible for ensuring that the Marketing Operations are engaged with current status/WIP
• Responsible for creating print briefs for our agencies to ensure the brief is delivered with minimum amends
• Responsible for working with our creative and print agencies to ensure that activity lands on time and within budget
• Responsible for consulting the In Store Customer Design team on artwork rollout to ensure that all artwork aligns to the ASDA brand image
• Responsible for managing the sign off process internally
• Work closely with Retail Ops to execute the campaign in store with effective communication briefs
• Accountable for executing all POS packages, project and solutions to budget and in the most cost efficient way including working with specific finance systems to track spend
• Responsible for analysis of the competitors activity, building a knowledge bank and supporting autopsy process
• Developing innovation which drives impact and 'we operate for less' for in-store marketing
• Support the POS Manager with other reasonable requests
• Role model Asda Beliefs

What you'll need:

• A real team player!
• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Project management experience
• Organisation and Critical Path management
• Proven track record of operational and executional excellence
• Proven commercial acumen and budget responsibility
• An understanding of retail and the ability to adapt plans and thinking
• A track record of working with and managing agencies
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment