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Super easy! You’re just overseeing a team and keeping them motivated and telling them what to do next. There should be a fixture captain that can help your team with any fixture issues as well as a signing captain that can help with signing. I did it last year and as long as there are people who know what they’re doing it’s fun!Just found out I’m a captain! I’ve been a GSTL for 5 years so I’m FREAKING out! I’ve got all of the POGs mapped out on the MRI’s. I THINK I understand how to read the MRI.
Can you guys help me understand what this captainship will entail? And what I should be doing to prepare?
Unfortunately the next time I see my store’s leadership is on day 1 of planorama. I wish they had told me verbally but I’m excited for the growing opp! Any help is super appreciated☺
Super easy! You’re just overseeing a team and keeping them motivated and telling them what to do next. There should be a fixture captain that can help your team with any fixture issues as well as a signing captain that can help with signing. I did it last year and as long as there are people who know what they’re doing it’s fun!
Luckily our district just finished a few remodels when I when we had a planorama so we had 2 fixture captains and both were previously ETL remodels. I could ask for the most obscure part number and they would know off the top of their head what it is and where it is. I would have to say that fixtures was the smoothest part of the one I was a part of.I remember my first planorama at a new express store and had to deal with brand new tm's working there. My biggest issue is trying to find all the needed fixtures since everything was scattered on the softline floor. The only thing we had ready were shelves and pegs.
It would help out other teams if there was a map that tells you where to find certain fixtures.
I tried asking the tm's at that new store where certain fixtures are, but they never worked plano before =/
There will definitely be things that go wrong! Solve what you can and pass on detailed info to your resolution captain or NSOE. Remember if they seem like they don’t care they’re just stressed. Being a NSOE is extremely stressful but super rewarding positionLOVE planoramas!!! The one piece of advice I can pass on to you that was passed on to me from a wonderful TL-
When something goes wrong, and it WILL happen, don't get down on yourself. Think about solutions not how you missed it. Also when you get frustrated, and you WILL get frustrated, don't let your team see you sweat. They are going to take their cues from you. If you remain positive even during the trying times, they will be right there with you,
Good luck and HAVE FUN!
Forgive my ignorance, but what is planorama?
When new stores bring in team members (usually plano team) from nearby stores to help set planogram.
is that because the new store doesn’t have enough staff to do it on their own yet?
You typically have 2-5 days to set the entire store depending the size. Also unless you’re in an area with a lot of targets the majority of new stores have a ton of new TMs that have no clue what a planogram is. TMs from other stores that know how to set will come to set the store while teaching TMs from that store how to setis that because the new store doesn’t have enough staff to do it on their own yet?