I was told we are not changing headcount and gm is still staying 3 and specialty 2If you don't have a Plano team then the responsibility will just shift over to specialty. Any DBOs in these areas will also be recorded as style consultants. That goes for anyone that pushes in B, C and D.
How many gm TLs do you have? In stores with at least 3, 1 of them would change to a sstl.
I assume that's the plan, I'm certain. I just like doing my own transitions. It breaks up the monotony and makes sure things are set to my standards the first time instead of me having to fix POGs other TMs set, which happens everytime. I don't want a presentation expert doing them.
Honestly, with this new org chart my biggest concern is who will be my TL. I'd love to leave my current TL far, far, far behind in GM. (Nice enough guy. Rather useless and does nothing right when he does "help" though.) I'm nervous he'll just get recoded to SSTL. Supposed to find out some of this stuff tomorrow. We shall see.
There is some info in the April monthly planner. When I read it this morning, it just said home and seasonal. Still leaves a lot of questions but it's a startWhat all are we talking about with Home here? The old fill group Home included stuff in Dec Home and Kitchen. Currently for sales reporting purposes Home includes Domestics, Dec Home, Kitchen, Stationary, Storage and Utility, and Seasonal/Outdoor Living. My store uses "home" as shorthand for Dec Home + Domestics (Bed & Bath).
So what exactly is included? And, where is this infor coming froming? Is it a District, Group, or Regional thing. Or, is this some new corporate directive?
And, just as speculation how do you even give Seasonal to specialty sales when so many seasonal sets rely on receiving product that normally go in GM?
I'm on the Plano team. The amount of time I spent fixing counts is ridiculous. I will have it perfect and when a revision comes up, they're messed up again.are you me? You must be. I don't know *why* or *how* people fuck up setting POGs or stocking or back stocking or pulling or pushing, but they certainly do!
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silly me - people are lazy, that's the answer.
It includes everything that falls under the 'home' category in other reports:There is some info in the April monthly planner. When I read it this morning, it just said home and seasonal. Still leaves a lot of questions but it's a start
I set and fix Capacities on the fly. I usually notice when I get a ton of a certain product in stock, or when my 1-4-1s don't fill the floor correctly.
Most of my counts are ok, but I know I have OH errors due to the DC - mispicks, never receiving the product, etc.
Seriously ?It includes everything that falls under the 'home' category in other reports:
Stationary
Housewares
Bath
Bedding
Domestics
Dec Home
Plastics/Storage
And for some reason Bullseye's Playground
I dont think you understand how much the gm etl had to do. The amount of hours of payroll per area ( maybe not the best way to judge total workload) the gm etl probably had more hours allocated between gm f+b and ff then the entirety of the rest of the store combined and doubled. It is a way to even out the duties. I might be biased as a gmtl but i know i have to work far harder then the other areas of the store granted we had been under headcount for an entire year, either missing a gmtl ,fotl, or f+b tl all right after each other and had to pick up the slack there.Seriously ?
That is WAY too much !
In my store that would be : Softlines (1/3 our store) PLUS 171 aisles with only 2 TL !! (Unless they take the other GM TL,- that would be fairer.)
cosmetics (8 aisles), electronics (20 aisles), Stationary/kichen (40), bath/storage/plastic (40), bedding/home decorating (40), rear seasonal (15)
bullsye ( 8 )
That it a LOT to oversee !
in our store the service and engagement ETL has taken fulfillment over - so they have front end & fulfillment with 4 TL
(2 SE TL, 1 Food service TL, 1 Fulfillment TL)
So……..what does that actually leave for GM ETL ? Inbound, backroom, presentation & 165 aisles in my store & 3 TL - to be only 2 ?
( 1 inbound/backroom TL, 1 GM/presentation TL, 1 GM only TL - may move to SS TL)
1. Essentials: hair, OTC, personal care, Chem, pets, paper - for us would be a total of about about - 50 aisles
2. Market - 40 aisles
3. Entertainment - 20 aisles (crazy to me to not group this with electronics !)
4. Toys/toy flat - 25
5. Sporting goods - 20
6. Mini seasonal/Luggage - 10
Sounds like the SS ETL has lots more than the SE-ETL and the GM-ETL have !
SE ETL should take Bullsye, check lane E/C and X9 (front foyer)
I agree the GM ETL HAD a LOT - MORE than the other ETL’s for sure - spreading SOME out was a good idea.I dont think you understand how much the gm etl had to do. The amount of hours of payroll per area ( maybe not the best way to judge total workload) the gm etl probably had more hours allocated between gm f+b and ff then the entirety of the rest of the store combined and doubled. It is a way to even out the duties. I might be biased as a gmtl but i know i have to work far harder then the other areas of the store granted we had been under headcount for an entire year, either missing a gmtl ,fotl, or f+b tl all right after each other and had to pick up the slack there.
There saying its now closer to 50-50 split in most cases still favoring gm since ff is so big. The areas they are taking over are most of the smaller areas. Kitchen can be busy and seasonal and bed/bath imo is pretty consistent. But its not essentials and toys 4th quarter is a whole other animal.I agree the GM ETL HAD a LOT - MORE than the other ETL’s for sure - spreading SOME out was a good idea.
I just think that NOW it is weighted MORE heavily on the SS ETL !
It is my understanding that GM will lose one TL and SS will gain one. probably the GM TL currently over the home depts. now Will be reclassified as SS.In my opinion, it's more evenly split as far as sales go. However, I'm in a LV store with myself as the sole SSTL and my SD as my ETL. So now I'm going to own more than 50% of the store in footage with no other TL while Food/GM will still have 3 TLs. My issue isn't with SS owning these areas, it's the fact that I'm getting no additional support to take them on.
I hope so, but my SD doesn't think that's happening and the org chart hasn't changed to show otherwise.It is my understanding that GM will lose one TL and SS will gain one. probably the GM TL currently over the home depts. now Will be reclassified
Time will tell. Don’t stress about what hasn’t happened yet. Change is slow.I hope so, but my SD doesn't think that's happening and the org chart hasn't changed to show otherwise.
It is my understanding that GM will lose one TL and SS will gain one. probably the GM TL currently over the home depts. now Will be reclassified as SS.
You won’t . If you don’t have an speciality etl and at least 2 Tl you won’t get it .In my opinion, it's more evenly split as far as sales go. However, I'm in a LV store with myself as the sole SSTL and my SD as my ETL. So now I'm going to own more than 50% of the store in footage with no other TL while Food/GM will still have 3 TLs. My issue isn't with SS owning these areas, it's the fact that I'm getting no additional support to take them on.
According to my ETL-GM, it just means that Essentials becomes PP1 (as it always has been) and Hardlines becomes PP2. Our store is realigning our GMTLs to make it work and one is becoming a third SSTL.Im wondering if this will change the P1/P2 designations. Or possibly eliminate them all together.
Do you have a link to the chart? I did a quick search and only found one posted 2 years ago. And please, if you have a whisper of the changes let us/me know, I'm big on planning. Not planning an escape or anything...just making sure the right people are in the right place and have the best training they can for what has to be accomplished.A new org chart has apparently been around for a while. It's been posted over on Reddit.
This and more changes are on the way apparently.
Remember, the name on the building is "target". Change can be difficult, but it is theirs to change.