Assortment Planner

3 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Engen Full time

**Who you are**:

- You are a dynamic thinker with high aptitude for learning.
- You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers.
- You are an expert at interpretation and execution of strategic objectives.
- You are passionate about retail and selling, especially the customer experience.
- You have excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- You have a detailed understanding of data and why its accuracy is key.
- You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity.

**What you'll have done before**:
Baseline:

- NQF Level 6 (Diploma in Supply Chain/ Retail/Marketing or related).
- 5 years' experience in Retail Assortment Planning (within the discipline of buying, space planning, floor planning & assortment).
- Knowledge of Regional Occupational Health & Safety Policy and Occupational Health & Safety Act.

Advantageous:

- Specialist experience with JDA AO.
- 3 years' experience in Leadership/Specialist role within Supermarket /Food Retailing.

**Exciting challenges you might face in the role**:

- Identify and liaise with stakeholders (IT or BP) on any issues and challenges regarding processes or systems to ensure efficient business operations.
- Identify potential improvement areas and recommend new developments for the space planning and other related systems and processes.
- Ensure collaboration with teams and promote capability through training and upskilling sessions to ensure outputs are sustainably embedded into operation requirements.
- Liaise wit floor & space planning teams on best ways to execute special or non-standard tasks on key trading periods, major event changes or any other challenges.

**What you'll be doing**:

- Optimize the assortment system to ensure that the relevant assortment planning processes and systems are fit for the current purposes and for future, through benchmarking and recommendations.
- Provide data analysis to management to ensure informed decision making with a view to substantiative the categories and improve the profits across the NFR business.
- Assess and monitor customer satisfaction indicators across the NFR business to ensure attainment of NFR and category strategies.
- Provide support on relevant systems or escalate queries to IT as required.
- Ensure that the optimal merchandising techniques are utilized in creating the best assortments for the various categories as required.
- Optimize the input parameters that drive AO as required.
- Collaborate with the categories and assortment planning teams on ways to execute tasks over key trading periods.
- Monitor and understand demand plan accuracy to ensure minimization of inaccuracies and their impact.
- Ensure availability of stock, in collaboration with demand planners.
- Identify, propose and prioritize required improvements/ new developments for on related assortment planning processes and methods to ensure efficient business operations.
- Participate in any relevant training to ensure that new ways of assortment planning are incorporated into the Engen NFR ways of working.

**Job Advert Closing Date**: All job adverts close five days after date posted

**Engen’s approved Employment Equity plans and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.**

**Important Information**:

- The appointment will be made in line with Engen's Employment Equity Strategy.
- Engen reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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