Sue Graeber
Space and Floor Planning @ Buc-ee's, Ltd.
About
Project Manager/ Supply Chain specialist experienced with diverse technologies. Energetic, creative, and fast learner with a preference for a fast-paced work environment. Dedicated to high standards, team player, and hard worker consistently recognized for excellent communication skills, and ability to interact with diverse group of individuals. Specialties: Apollo/ Symphony, JDA Space planning, JDA Intactix, Pro-space space planning, Auto Cad, Office Suite (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Photoshop, Quark, Visio, Adobe Acrobat, AS400, Publisher, SAS-Market Max, Merchandise Specialist, Coordinator, Retail Project Manager, New and Remodel Coordinator, Operation Department Liaison, Construction Coordinator
United States
Austin
Retail
Space Management, Merchandising, Excel, Outlook, Word, Photoshop, AS400, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, QuarkXPress, Visio, Access, Retail, Microsoft Office, Visual Merchandising, Space Planning, Inventory Management, Customer Relations, Process Improvement, Operations Management
Experience

Space and Floor Planning
Austin, Texas Area
Responsible for managing transition and transformation of planogram standards, timelines and shelf space analysis to fully align with category strategy, presentation guidelines and return on space goals. Uses JDA Space Planning software. Has ownership of driving the space decision-making process and production of planograms for major category releases and promotional locations as well as ad-hoc optimization projects. • Work with Buyers/ Category Managers to align the assortment, design and implementation of planograms • Manage and oversee Space/Floor Planning processes, to include planogram creation, floor planning of New/Update Stores and special projects • Execute floor planning to support maintenance of the store and coordinate special projects related to space changes • Create and train Buyers/Category Managers on reports as required to support space changes or new concepts • Lead efforts to achieve sales, profit and inventory objectives through accurate space analysis, efficient space planning and consumer centric planogram creation best practices • Ensure consistent processes are in place and accurate planning and analysis data points are utilized throughout the planogram planning process • Manage the annual planogram calendar for assigned categories and achieve a high level of performance across measurable milestones for all teams engaged in the process • Lead system enhancements and implementations relating to planning systems with IT business partners • Provides initial stock-to-space recommendations for space plans • Develop/Maintain documentation and training content for space planning system supported reports • Develop strategies to ensure that category and departmental space are allocated appropriately in store to enable maximum return on investment • Responsible for planogram standards • Build out fixture library to include fixtures across all categories and new fixtures as added

Sr Manager of Space planing
Calabasas, California
•Manage and support the Store Environment team (Space planning, Floorplanning, Fixture design and Signage teams) •Responsible for recruiting, training, coaching, mentor, motivate and supervise store environment support team. •Represent the Store Environment team as subject matter expert across multiple workgroups and meeting. •Work with team leaders to manage workload to meet business needs. •Develop and Manage Capex budget for annual and long-term projects •Work with 3rd party technologies to make sure we are maximizing productivity and develop enhancements when needed. •Manage and evaluate business and company priorities changes as needed. •Proactively identifies issues, communicates with all organizational levels, and initiates proactive solutions to minimize store impact •Actively pursues continual process improvement; analyzes and makes recommendations to maximize efficient work processes •Actively participates and collaborates with Store Environment Director on projects assuring timelines are adhered to and key deadlines are met. •Problem solves for multi-layout adjacency issues as needed. Manager of Space Planning •Partner to build a long-term plan for product rollout plans and placement within the stores •Partner to build a plan for overall customer facing merchandising strategy •Responsible for the analytical merchandising process and achieving department defined metrics •Responsible for data integrity as it relates to all space planning efforts •Work directly with cross-functional partners to develop effective communication for store •Collaborates with store operations team to execute all plans within allotted time frames. Oversees the management of the store workload calendar. •Collaborates with the Category Management team, inventory team, store operations, and others to develop analytically driven, fact-based, space efficient, customer-centric, store-friendly planograms

Retail Specialist/Planogrammer
United States
On-site merchandiser /Planogrammer responsible for managing 134 POG •Responsible for planogram creation using Intactix Space Planning •Obtain all information necessary to enable planogram production. •Create and manage planograms at the store level using Space Planning Software. •Create all planograms assigned to planogram standards including items, fixtures, displays, signage, graphics and special instructions. •Ensure planograms are submitted for approval on assigned date to enable reset schedule timeline. •Monitor quality results of planograms prior to publication to ensure all planograms are accurate and executable at store level •Gather and document business requirements by working with Planogram Specialist / Visual Space Planner and stakeholders to understand their needs •Keep leadership informed of potential issues/problems related to supporting stated timelines with accurate planograms •Responsible for leveraging resources and maintaining tough expense control, while developing strong internal corporate partnerships to ensure that all project goals are achieved. •Planning and managing the execution of new, relocating, and remodel store fixture installation and merchandise set up. •Traveled to store locations:95% travel. •Certification Space Planner Certification v7.8.1 Space Planning Professional Certification v7.8

Area Project manager
Houston, Texas Area
District/Project Manager Store Merchandiser for the Houston area On-site merchandiser responsible for opening stores in 7 to 8 days. •Responsible for leveraging resources and maintaining tough expense control, while developing strong internal corporate partnerships to ensure that all project goals are achieved. •Planning and managing the execution of new, relocating, and remodel store fixture installation and merchandise set up. •Managing merchandising crews of 20 to 25 people. •Traveled to store locations: 75% travel.
Store Operational Manager
Responsible for ensuring 50 to 60 new, remodeled and relocated stores open with maximum impact and productivity. Also provided support to the field and DSM's through store visits. •Ensure success of all construction projects, new store openings and store remodels, by acting as a liaison between Construction and Operations, and providing guidance and recommendations for improvement. •Maintain the “New Store Opening Guidelines Manual”. •Review, analyze and make productivity recommendations on store design, fixtures, merchandising impact and operational issues. •Manage special projects as designated by management. Interface with other departments and communicate regularly with field and other departments. •Worked with both internal and external business partners on the liquidation of 30 closing stores. This included analysis of closing store inventory and fixtures. •Acted as liaison between Visual Merchandise and Store Operations Departments, managing the visual presentation of all store sites.

New Store and Remodel Analyst
Linens `N Things
Liaison effectively between New and Remodel store management teams and corporate departments. Produced productivity analysis on New Store selling results. •Increased productivity of store lay-out process by 95% •Involved fixture layouts with VP of merchandise and VP of Operation management, coordinate with merchandising department, develop merchandise plans and assign product adjacencies for maximizing sales. •Ensured most current merchandising information was relayed to new stores. Maintained merchandise assortment quantities for best sellers, key opportunities and display minimum requirements as well as down-trending items. Focused on high velocity SKUs, eliminating over-stock. •Traveled to new store locations: (40% travel). •Coordinated New Store Process meeting •Developed merchandising training tools for stores. •New Store Web Site. •Involved inNew Fixture Development Committee; reviewed, tested and approved new fixtures for company.

Retail Project Manager
RadioShack
Developed RadioShack new concept store and rolled it out to 60 stores and created a process to roll it nation wide •Provided Management Supervision, direction and support to fulfill needs required to merchandise and display RadioShack new concept retail store for purpose of maximizing sales •Responsible for properly communicating to respective internal departments, planning, organizing, delegating, and implementing pre and post task required to effectively merchandise, set up and prepared store for customers. •Approved new fixture layouts prepared by Construction management, coordinate with merchandising department and developed merchandise plans, assigning product adjacencies for maximizing sales. •Analyzed and solved on-site field problems, issues and concerns related to product placement, construction and fixture issues. •Created and designed fixtures and special Point of Purchase (POP) support. •Maintained assigned merchandise displays in corporate model store.
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