Qualifications: A Relevant tertiary qualification
Experience: At least five years experience in retail head office environment in a planning function
Skills Required
Numeracy and analytical skills
Planning system knowledge
Retail formulas and acumen
MS Office with advanced excel skills
Presentation skills
Purpose: To manage the merchandise planning function for a designated planning area.
Duties
- Compile season/quarterly/strategic plan for presentation and approval at assortment stage
- Translate product into figures and present these effectively and accurately
- Create effective and balanced range with buyer adhering to seasonal plan and results of market analysis
- Produce product plans with ideal receipts/stocks and mark-down strategy
- Compile accurate store plans
- Compile store grids, inflow plans and shopping lists for the buyers
- Manage product life cycles through monitoring average sell-off per week and suggesting markdowns
- Manage adherence to buying plans and check validity of variances
- Analyse product performance (incl. SWOT and range reviews) accurately to inform buying decisions, recommendations and strategic decision making
- Attend supplier presentations to gather information / to enhance understanding of the bigger picture
- Managed accurate stock levels through stock balancing, cancellations, and rolling stock
- Compile weekly sales and stock re-forecasts based on current performance and evolving forward trends
- Conduct competitor analysis through store visits, obtain quality feedback and implement appropriate observations
- Achievement of designated planning department KPIs
- Pro-Activity
- Teamwork
- Adhering to Principles and Values
- Planning and Organizing
- Quality and Detail Orientation
