Merchandise Planner: Textiles

HomeChoice is a leading omni-channel retailer, delighting our customers with an innovative range of curated products on personalized terms. Our aim is to provide multiple, convenient and easy retail shopping channels to guarantee that we meet all our customer expectations.

Here’s what you can expect to be doing in the role:

- Plan price architecture for buyers' assortments and track to plan accurate weekly forecasts to manage offers and clearance in line with targets.
- Set quarterly newness targets. Brief a balanced range plan to buy based on key assortment factors and range rationalization targets.
- Weekly reprojections to the trade area.
- On-time deliveries to support promo flow.
- Work stocks to achieve targeted WOS.
- Achieve stock availability, sell-through, and stock health targets.
- Ensure all product is briefed for online and all briefed product is online.
- Frequent website checks
- Monthly digital competitive shop.
- Build digital/tech knowledge incl. Google analytics
- Ease of shopping: Curated range of quality products.
- Ensure we are innovative in product and approach.
- Solution-focused: Satisfy a customer's need.
- Make her life easier: Deliver competitive advantage - What differentiates us?
- Build entrepreneurial spirit: Energy passion, optimism.
- Build courage and risk-taking.
- Build a culture of accountability and courage to fail fast.
- Change & Innovation - reward and recognize.
- Focus on digital & tech, self-upskilling, and include a shift to agile.
- Career progression through exposure to projects/other departments

A little about who you are
- Tertiary qualification/degree in a relevant field
- Minimum of 3 years Merchandise Planning experience
- Experience in planning - Advantageous

Competencies
- Strong trader instinct
- Excellent analytical, numeracy, and problem-solving skills
- Have the ability to build strong supplier relationships
- Strong organization, planning, and time management skills
- Proficient capabilities in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel

Our Values
- Keep Innovating - we have the courage to contribute new ideas and turn those ideas into reality.
- Think like an entrepreneur - we treat the business like it's our own.
- Keep it real - we are mindful of the impact of our words and actions.
- Raise the bar - we strive to deliver excellence in everything that we do.