Lead Retail Store Designer

AT&T

. Develop and execute product placement strategies across retail environments to maximize sales, improve product visibility, and create an engaging customer experience.

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $106,100 - $178,200 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and executing product placement strategies, utilizing planogram tools, and translating product priorities into actionable merchandising plans. Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex strategies effectively are essential for optimizing retail environments.

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Visual Merchandising ExpertisePlanogram DevelopmentProject Management SkillsData Analysis for Retail PerformanceCross-Functional Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Planogram DevelopmentRetail Space PlanningCategory MerchandisingAssortment PlanningStore DesignRetail OperationsAnalytical SkillsCustomer-Focused Decision-MakingStrategic MerchandisingSpace-Planning Expertise

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationAttention to DetailProblem-Solving SkillsRelationship Management

Tools & Technologies

Blue Yonder Space PlanningNielsenIQ SpacemanRELEX Space and AssortmentMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Power BI

Industry Keywords

Retail MerchandisingStore ClusteringFixture CapacityAdjacency PlanningRetail-Space OptimizationPromotional CampaignsSeasonal TransitionsStore ResetsSKU-Level Sales AnalysisRetail Performance Dashboards

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute product placement strategies across retail environments to maximize sales, improve product visibility, and create an engaging customer experience.
Partner with Product Owners, Product Buyers, Retail Marketing, Visual Merchandising Communications, and floor-planning teams to translate product priorities, launches, and promotional strategies into comprehensive merchandising plans.
Use planogram tools, prototypical floor plans, and store-cluster strategies to create placements for different store formats, fixtures, wall categories, and store-specific characteristics.
Meet regularly with Product Owners and Product Buyers to understand priorities, launches, assortment decisions, and business objectives.
Incorporate promotional strategies and campaign priorities into merchandising plans.
Gather and synthesize product, marketing, operational, and store information to develop placement strategies.
Present placement recommendations, rationale, and potential business impact to stakeholders.
Design detailed product placements using planogram software.
Develop and maintain prototypical floor plans and store clusters with the Visual Merchandising Floor Planner.
Translate product priorities into prescriptive merchandising plans for different store formats and fixture configurations.
Adapt cluster-level planograms to store types, wall categories, available fixtures, and location-specific characteristics.
Balance product priorities with physical-space limitations and store-operating requirements.
Communicate placement plans and requirements to the Visual Merchandising Communications team.
Ensure planograms and merchandising standards are implemented accurately and consistently across the retail portfolio.
Resolve fixture limitations, space constraints, and store-specific implementation challenges.
Support planogram interpretation and placement questions during launches, resets, and promotional transitions.
Identify execution risks and coordinate solutions with cross-functional partners.
Review sales and merchandising performance information to assess placement effectiveness.
Identify trends, performance gaps, and opportunities to improve visibility, engagement, and sales.
Recommend data-informed placement adjustments and report findings to stakeholders.
Incorporate SKU-level data into merchandising evaluations and optimization strategies as tools become available.
Stay current on visual merchandising trends, retail-planning technologies, planogram capabilities, and industry best practices.
Recommend enhancements to planogram processes, tools, templates, and working practices.
Improve the speed, accuracy, scalability, and consistency of merchandising planning.
Establish repeatable planning standards across store clusters and formats.
Lead significant projects with strategic autonomy, influence executive decisions, mentor less experienced staff, and collaborate with senior leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Five or more years of experience in visual merchandising, retail space planning, category merchandising, assortment planning, store design, retail operations, or a related discipline.
Experience developing planograms or product-placement strategies for multiple retail locations, store formats, or fixture types.
Working knowledge of planogram or space-planning applications such as Blue Yonder Space Planning, NielsenIQ Spaceman, RELEX Space and Assortment, or comparable tools.
Demonstrated ability to translate product, marketing, and sales priorities into clear and executable merchandising plans.
Experience using sales, product, or store-performance data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple launches, resets, or merchandising initiatives simultaneously.
Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
Ability to partner effectively with stakeholders across Product, Buying, Marketing, Communications, Store Planning, and Retail Operations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in merchandising, marketing, business, retail management, design, analytics, or a related field.
Experience supporting a large, multi-format retail store network.
Knowledge of store clustering, fixture capacity, adjacency planning, assortment localization, and retail-space optimization.
Experience supporting new product launches, promotional campaigns, seasonal transitions, or store resets.
Familiarity with SKU-level sales analysis, retail performance dashboards, or business-intelligence tools such as Microsoft Power BI.
Experience creating scalable merchandising standards and field-execution materials.
Strategic merchandising and space-planning expertise.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Customer-focused decision-making.
Cross-functional influence and relationship management.
Attention to detail and commitment to execution accuracy.
Ability to balance business priorities with physical store constraints.
Comfort working in a fast-paced retail environment with changing priorities.
Ability to communicate complex placement strategies in a clear, practical, and prescriptive manner.
Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired.
5+ years of related experience.
Certification is required in some areas.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone