Central Planner

**Job ID**:17347**Position Type**:Full-Time**Job Function**:Planning**Workplace Type**:
**Division**:TFG Sports Division**Province**:Western Cape**Location**:Cape Town North**Suburb**:Parow Valley (Parow)Position Description:
**Central Planner**

**Are you a confident, motivated, passionate retailer, with sound planning experience looking for an opportunity to work for Sneaker Factory? We want you**

**A permanent opportunity has become available in our planning team for a Central Planner.**

**Key responsibilities, amongst others, will include**:

- Managing store budgets and identifying opportunities for stock turn improvements
- Preparing pre-season store plans, preparing corporate guidelines aligned to merchandise strategy
- New & Revamp store viabilities and strategy as well as profiling planned
- Monitoring new and revamp stores with monthly feedback to merchants with opportunities
- Managing store grids seasonally
- Managing Omni Channel Stock and Sales levels
- Managing Aged stock levels in line with Company Strategy
- Working alongside allocation team to execute allocation and assortment strategy
- Managing the flow if stock through the DC
- Month end financial pack inclusive of all reports
- To achieve the above through building constructive and mutually beneficial relationships with key functions within the business.
- A relevant tertiary qualification
- 5+ years’ proven merchandise distribution and planning experience
- A high degree of numeracy and an analytical. detailed and strategic approach to work
- Strong business acumen, merchant thinking, as well as store and customer understanding
- Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
- Excellent negotiating skills
- A high degree of decision making ability
- Service orientated and self-motivated
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Assertive communication skills and the ability to communicate and develop relationships at all levels
- Computer literacy
- Knowledge of Logility System advantageous