We're looking for people who:
- are decisive
- are continuously learning & improving
- think big
- are proactive
- obsess about the customer and the customer experience
- are accountable
- collaborate
- are trustworthy, approachable and open minded
- simplify processes and solve complexity
- diverse and inclusive
Description:
Creation of the Departmental financial strategy and execution of the Business strategy, by delivering a product offer that exceeds customers' expectations, and achieves sales and profit targets combined with effective inventory management.
Reports to: Planning Manager
Key Responsibilities
Profit Maximisation
- Preparation of budgets, sales, stock and profit targets.
- Monitor performance against plan, taking appropriate action to maximise sales and profit and reduce stockholding whilst increasing stock turn.
- Identify new business opportunities to grow sales and profitability.
- Review, propose and implement mark-down activity to reduce terminal stock whilst analysing action taken on mark-downs to maximise profit.
- Communicate trading issues and forecasts with proposed actions to management and buyer.
- Implement promotional plans to optimise sales and profit.
- Measure brand/supplier performance against targets and make recommendations to grow or exit.
- Develop and agree plans in partnership with the buyer that achieve sales and profit targets and implement the agreed departmental strategy.
- In conjunction with the buyer, build balanced and profitable seasonal range plans.
- Evaluate market and customer information together with historical data to develop the department's phased stock plans and pricing strategy.
- Manage and forecast the intake of stock in line with agreed OTB stock levels.
- Plan and implement replenishment volumes for continuity product.
- Monitor and manage the availability of stock.
- Promote stock efficiency through in season trading whilst managing forward covers.
- Collaborate with Supply chain to ensure planned launch and replenishment dates are met.
- Manage terminal stock.
- Manage volume buys and optimal size ratio's.
- Matric (must include Mathematics)
- Bachelor's degree/diploma with at least 2 quantitative subjects
- Minimum 6 years planning experience required with preferably at least 2 years as a senior planner
- A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work.
- Advanced computer literacy in excel and planning system
- Strong business acumen and merchant thinking.
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proven decision-making ability
