Pricing and Presentation What are we called in the real world?

[Dead and Khaki]

As a Presentation TM, I've always had a weirdly hard time explaining exactly what my job is to people outside of Target, and even to new hires at Target. That Target has its own jargon for common retail terms doesn't help, and that my retail experience is almost exclusive to Target helps even less. So, once and for all: what is the standard Retailese equivalent to the Targetese "Presentation TM," if there even is one? How do you describe our workcenter to outsiders? What would you say to friends/relatives/the general public versus say, an interviewer for another company?

 

[Dysprosed]

"Planogram" is retail trade word. I would say something like Planogram Specialist/Expert/Team Member (planogrammer?). We prepare, set, and fill the new planograms that HQ merchant team design to help bring new product into the store, and clearance out the old.

Price changes are relatively straight forward, and audits and RFID are all about data accuracy for maintaining instocks and product availability.

 

[OneGoodEar]

I remember when Target used the term planogram before presentation.

I just say we set up displays that brings in new merchandise.

 

[SigningLady]

I've always used the seasonal area of the store as the best example of what Plano/presentation does. Switches out merchandise, but it's done throughout the entire store as well as the Seasonal areas.

 

[Him]

I would use the Phrase “Professional Exhibitor”. Even an Architect would suffice. Plano in my eyes are Architects due to the excessive amount of Mathematical Calculations and the Pinpoint Accuracy Needed for all the logical things.

 

[Ringwraith917]

Simplest terms I can think of: You do the aisle resets and displays.

 

[Dream Baby]

Good comments.

However if you look for a different job in the future I would stick with more common terms like planogram and/or presentation.

Too many companies give you "oddly named" job titles and/or descriptions.

One of my first jobs was a "finishing engineer" which no one knew what it was.

I was a manufacturing engineer in rubber which everyone understood better.

 

[LuvMyPack]

I start by asking people if they’ve ever gone into a store and what they wanted had moved. I then tell them I’m the one that does that. 🤣

 

[gsa4lyfe]

A lot of companies call it merchandising team