Job Description

Working as part of the broader Merchandising and Store Environment teams, the Retail Floor Planner supports the creation, maintenance, and accuracy of retail floor plans across new store openings, remodels, resets, and merchandising-driven layout changes. This role assists with updating store layouts, maintaining fixture and planogram information, validating store-specific floor plan details, and supporting cross-functional partners to ensure plans are accurate, executable, and aligned to merchandising strategies and store operational needs. The Retail Floor Planner will help maintain floor planning data, support planogram-to-fixture assignments, assist with store layout updates, and contribute to process improvements as Harbor Freight continues to advance its floor planning tools, reporting, and space planning capabilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the creation, maintenance, and revision of retail floor plans for new stores, remodels, resets, and merchandising projects. 10%
• Update store layouts based on fixture plans, category changes, department layouts, store-specific conditions, and merchandising direction. 10%
• Maintain accurate fixture placement, naming, numbering, and store-level layout details to support consistent execution across the retail fleet. 10%
• Support planogram-to-fixture assignments by validating product fit, adjacency, category placement, space allocation, and operational feasibility. 10%
• Partner with the Manager of Retail Floor Planning, Senior Retail Floor Planners, Space Planning, Merchandising, Store Environment, Store
• Operations, and Construction/Real Estate teams to support floor plan updates and project execution. 10%
• Collect, organize, and validate store information, including store format, square footage, fixture types, remodel status, layout constraints, and category space allocation. 10%
• Review store photos, surveys, field feedback, and project documentation to identify layout changes, store-specific exceptions, and conditions requiring follow-up. 10%
• Develop and maintain floor plan communication materials, reset documentation, and layout change summaries to help store teams execute updates accurately. 10%
• Support RELEX Floor and SpaceWorks data maintenance, testing, validation, and adoption while identifying opportunities to improve floor plan accuracy, strengthen data quality, reduce manual work, and standardize recurring processes. 10%
• Other duties as assigned by management. 10%

Scope

• Staff supervision and development: No
• Decision making: Uses independent judgment for standard job-related decisions
• Travel: Up to 25%
• Flex Designation: Anywhere

The anticipated salary range for this position is $73,600 - $110,400 depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability. Eligible Associates are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan. Associates will accrue paid time off up to 236 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays). Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Preferred 4 Year / Bachelors Degree Bachelor's degree preferred, in business, architecture, or relevant I.T. disciplines

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 2 years in a retail space and floor planning role required

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Floor Planning software: AutoCad, Revitt, JDA Floor Planning, RELEX Floor Planning, Microstation, and/or others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are required
• Solid presentation skills, with the ability to construct and delivery a concise narrative to all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated team and collaborative skills with experience working cross functionally in a complex and ever changing environment
• Ability to problem solve and think quickly on your feet to develop effective solutions
• Excellent time management and planning skills, organized with the ability to multitask, exceptional follow up skills and able to meet deadlines.
• Flexible nature with tolerance for ambiguity, and the creative ability to think outside the box and provide a continuous flow of new ideas and process improvements
• Solid Microsoft Office skills are required (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Strong data and technical skills
• Results-oriented. Ability to execute and carry out strategic and operational plans.
• Experience (Required) -
• Skills (Required) -
• Skills (Preferred / Desired) -
• Additional Qualifications (behavioral traits, certifications, etc.) -

Physical Requirements

• Corporate - Remote - General office environment requiring ability to: *Stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time . *Speak and listen to others in person and over the phone and video conferencing. *Use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports. *The ability to lift up to 15 lbs.

Safety

• Must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices, without endangering the health or safety of self or others.