Retail Planning Analyst (Space Planning) - London

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an SME Enablement Partner to join the Space Planning team at a leading UK retail client, within Fashion, Home & Beauty. This is a 6 month contract with good potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in London.

The business is moving its space planning from Blue Yonder to RELEX, and its experienced Space Planning SMEs are spending more time on that transformation. You will be embedded in the Space Planning team, keeping day-to-day work running accurately, consistently and on time. You will backfill agreed SME activity and give the team the capacity to contribute to the programme. The role offers flexible support across space planning, store space optimisation, grading, analysis, documentation and stakeholder coordination, depending on where SME capacity is most stretched.

Responsibilities:

• Support day-to-day Space Planning activities across trading, seasonal and store planning priorities
• Take ownership of defined operational tasks, follow-ups and coordination activities to ensure work is delivered accurately and on time
• Protect delivery of BAU milestones, trading priorities, seasonal activity and store-facing outputs
• Support Space Planning Managers, Store Space Performance Planners and wider colleagues across macro space, grading, store plans and layout information
• Support tactical space, concession and store optimisation activity by coordinating inputs, maintaining trackers and progressing agreed actions
• Maintain accurate store, department, grading and space data, and escalate gaps or inconsistencies
• Prepare documentation, store summaries, project briefs, decision packs and stakeholder updates
• Use data and reporting to support reviews of space performance, store opportunities and grading changes, including post-implementation reviews
• Act as a coordination point across Space Planning, BU teams, Retail, VM, Store and Layout Planning, Field and Store teams
• Capture and maintain process documentation, decisions and handover materials to support consistency and knowledge sharing