Planner (Retail, Fashion, Apparel)

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Latitude Resource Full time

A market leader in retail (Fashion, Apparel & Travel) with expertise & world class infrastructure to house iconic international & local fashion brands, is hiring a Planner to join their Johannesburg team on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an established, but also rapidly expanding fashion house.

Overall Responsibilities

  • The Planner is responsible for assisting to maximize business profits through effective management of Store's merchandise assortment through the product life cycle of the merchandise in each store group.


Financial Accountability
  • Trading the Stores to maximize Profit in each Sector/Grade/Store Type Planning a Strategic Framework around Space, Customers, Store Status, Grade, and Capacity Team Management and Development
  • Range Management optimized to each store's potential Optimization of profitability by store and store type/group

Overall Tasks

  • Analyze Sales and store reports weekly on a Monday with the planner, checking stock levels and store covers by store by category to ensure stores have sufficient stock to achieve their sales plans.
  • Pull SIT (stock in transit) and SOR (stock on Request) reports by store and analyze accordingly.
  • Manage overstocked stores by adjusting allocations and taking the necessary actions
  • Review store/range grades and optimums regularly taking store segmentation into consideration
  • Liaise with the warehouse daily to ensure dispatches are done timeously
  • Responsible for putting opening stock packages together for new store openings through allocation of stock from the DC and via branchtobranch transfers if need be.
  • Monitor and react to new store performance, adjusting the stock package accordingly
  • Manage stock movements to the liquidation stores.
  • Replenishment maintenance/analysis
  • Consolidation analysis
  • Responsible for allocating the right stock to the right store at the right time in the right quantities.
  • Compilation of reports sit with Planner to analyse
  • Manage the wholesale portfolio
  • Conduct size and store grid analysis timeously.
  • Assist the planner with adhoc reports and analysis.

Skills and Experience

  • Strong financial and commercial business acumen
  • Bachelor's Degree in math, business, fashion related field, or equivalent experience
  • At Least 2 years relevant retail experience in a Planner role within the fashion industry
  • Proven track record of effective stock management in a fashion business
  • Ability to coach, develop and lead an allocator
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Effective, proven negotiation, influencing, planning and organisational skills
  • Knowledge of competitors with the ability to form educated opinions to effect commercial
  • Ability to manage key relationships effectively to deliver business strategy
  • Understands the customer and responds effectively to their needs
  • Have an understanding of all critical path elements and product life cycle
  • Confident and engaging communicator with the ability to deliver presentations and influence key stake holders
  • Strong Computer Skills
  • Ability to collaborate, influence, and work cohesively with other core business disciplines/functions most notably
  • Retail Team, Visual Merchandising Team, Marketing, IT, and Finance.
  • Ability to manage and influence upwards (key Senior Management up to CEO) on strategically important decisions and consequences of business decisions.

Salary - R15k to R25k, dependant on experience

HOW TO APPLY

  • Ensure you meet all the requirements
  • Complete all the requested information below
  • Remember to attach your CV


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