Senior Merchandising Space and Content Strategist

Are you ready to revolutionize the retail experience at one of the most innovative and beloved grocery chains in America? 

Whole Foods Market is seeking a visionary Sr Merchandising Space and Content Strategist to join our dynamic Retail Marketing team in Austin TX. This pivotal role offers a unique opportunity to shape the in-store experience for millions of customers across our network of stores in the US and Canada.

The Role:
As the Sr Merchandising Space and Content Strategist, you'll be at the forefront of creating captivating retail environments that bring the Whole Foods Market brand to life. Your long-term thinking, creative vision and data-driven analytical approach will drive our in-store business growth, crafting unforgettable retail moments that resonate with our customers. From planning seasonal displays to orchestrating holiday events, your strategies will directly influence how our brand's major themes and priorities are showcased in every store and reflects our core values and commitment to quality, sustainability, and community.
"This role is based in Austin, TX, with an expectation of being in the Store Support office five days a week."

The Team:
But this role offers more than just strategy and creative fulfillment. You'll join a team that creates cross-functional partnerships (Product, Analytics, Merchandising, Marketing and Sr Leadership etc), giving you unparalleled visibility into all aspects of our business. Your just get it done attitude will be deeply impactful, with the power to shape the look and feel of our stores nationwide. 

If you're looking for a role where your creativity can flourish, your strategic thinking can drive tangible results, and your work can make a real difference in how millions of people experience grocery shopping, this is the opportunity you've been waiting for. Join us at Whole Foods Market, where your expertise will help write the next chapter in retail innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Supports the determination of annual seasonal marketing themes

• Provides recommendations to merchant teams for how to support marketing themes

• Partners with merchant teams to plan merchandising for marketing themes and seasonal priorities

• Contributes to the development, facilitation, and communication of an enterprise cross-merchandising strategy

• Supports merch planning and implementation for dedicated, off-shelf and shared space displays

• Ensures merchandising content is regionally and locally relevant

• Creates and delivers the Retail Execution Planner content for Merchandising teams to Retail Operations

• Assesses audience feedback of the Retail Execution Planner and implements adjustments where appropriate

• Contributes to seasonal and holiday retail execution planning and communication

• Identifies and implements additional merchandising specific, store-facing content in the Retail Execution Planner

• Contributes to communication platform development as a subject matter expert

• Collaborates with Retail Marketing Team on process development

• Holds contributors accountable to deadlines

• Builds relationships with Store Support and Store Operations teams

Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree and 4-6 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination thereof

• Passion for Whole Foods Market core values, company mission and actively lives Whole Foods Market leadership principles

• Understanding of retail execution fundamentals, including visual merchandising, affinity, marketing collateral

• Demonstrated understanding of the WFM business, food retail industry and competitor business models

• Ability to engage with other leaders to formulate the organization’s go to market strategy

• Ability to lead and motivate Team Members to advance projects amid complexity, ambiguity & change

• Ability to foster a collaborative working environment, inspiring cooperation and leading through influence

• Ability to form strong partnerships and create common ground with multiple stakeholders across WFM to ensure the effective delivery of Merchandising Processes and Systems

• Experience analyzing data and turning it into actionable insights

• Experience in providing clear, actionable verbal and written communication to large groups and leaders

• Experience in building out innovative, effective tools and reporting vehicles

• Business maturity and the ability to offer sound recommendations and make key decisions

• Self-starter, ability to identify opportunities and problems and find solutions

• Excellent organization and time management skills, strong project management or operations background

• Strong attention to detail

At Whole Foods Market, we provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all Team Members and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, marital status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. Whole Foods Market hires and promotes individuals solely based on qualifications for the position to be filled and business needs.Whole Foods Market works with job sites like Indeed, LinkedIn, and ZipRecruiter to promote opportunities at our company. Please be aware that other career sites may not be accurate or up to date and may even be fraudulent. We encourage and recommend all candidates to apply via our site.