Store Planner

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Woolworths Full time

**Listing reference**: woolw_000839**Listing status**: Online-
**Position summary**

**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade
- **Job category**:Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain**Location**:Cape Town
- **Contract**:Permanent**EE position**:No**Introduction**
- To deliver on-time allocations, accurate distribution of stock and maintenance of systems that optimise the delivery of the department’s KPI’s. Assist and support the Planner with administrative tasks and analysis.**Job description**
- **Develop and Execute Channel Plan**
- Develop cross plan per centralised grading parameters in line with critical path. Ensure exceptions are executed as agreed with Central Planning.
- Ensure New Stores are stocked to plan - in line with Location brief and critical path.
- Conduct Post seasonal analysis with regards to size, store and product performance and identify exceptions to inform grading exceptions (move to data analysis).
- Maintain On the Dot parameter tool timeously to inform agreed stock parameters and optimised sales.
- ** Develop and Execute Allocations**
- Prioritise allocations based on trading, monthly launches and monthly intake forecast.
- Monitor and analyse store performance against plan and provide accurate and timeous information to optimise decision making.
- Capture and update sizing ratios in RMS and sizing tool.
- Create size profile & size ratios for each product to optimise allocations and future orders.
- ** Data analysis & reporting**
- Analyse store performance and provide accurate and timeous information to optimise business decision making.
- Conduct grade analysis and present findings to planner and central planning team for action.
- Check In-season exceptions and suggest possible resolution to planner or action where appropriate. For example - availability, size profile including on order ratio.
- Assist stores in resolving any queries relating to stock.

**Minimum requirements**
- Grade 12 Certificate / Matric is essential.
- A National Diploma or Degree in Business/Retail Management or Accounting/Finance (advantageous).
- 2-3 year’s experience in store planning within clothing retail environment (essential).
- Previous store management (advantageous).
- Working in retail systems, familiar with retail and merchandise planning systems such as allocation planning, JDA, RMS, On the Dot and or Just enough (advantageous).
- Experience working at an advanced level in Excel to analyse and manipulate large datasets to present complex information in clear and concise manner (advantageous).
- Retail, Supply Chain and Logistics processes.
- Understanding of Store Operations, layout, space management.
- Inventory Knowledge.
- Understanding of product assortment strategies.
- Retail Math, proficiency in retail calculations.
- Numerical.



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