Space & Assortment Optimisation Specialist

2 weeks ago

Western Cape, South Africa Clicks Group Limited Full time

**Listing reference**: 018821

**Listing status**: Online

**Position summary**

**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade

**Job category**:FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

**Location**:Western Cape

**Contract**:Permanent

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**About our company**
- Clicks Grou

**Introduction**
- JOB PURPOSE To determine the optimal assortment and space allocation proportions through translating assortment selection criteria from local environment behaviour trends, customs, sales performance data and shelf productivity/ inventory turns to influence performance improvement.

**Job description**

**JOB OBJECTIVES**
- To take responsibility for maximizing performance and efficiency through specifically tailored space and assortment allocations for all categories allocated to designated project stores or group of stores.
- Optimize performance through the design of assortments tailored to performance, propencity and size accross all allocated categories through sound analysis, engagement and research within the context of localized trends and behaviours within a targeted group of stores, e.g. stores trading in each of our foreign territories.
- Identify and document for on-going performance optimization and exploitation, local environment understanding & behaviour trends of the foreign territories in which we trade, their typical needs, customary behaviours, brand & assortment preferences.
- Influence & exploit assortment tailoring & space allocation of each category, tailored to the relevant trend & shopping behaviour within each targeted store.
- On-going performance evaluation and amendment of each store and category combination within the portfolio of targeted stores & categories for ongoing refinement and improvement.
- Form collaborative relationships with colleagues and external sources to use as consultants for guidance in the pursuit of opportunity, optimization and implementation.
- Establish a relationship with our operational staff in the foreign territories to solve problems and pursue opportunities as they pertain to assortment, space and fixture requirements, i.e. a local liaison for assortment related problem resolution.
- Provide guidance to the planning team as well as item level guidance to product development and store clustering, ensuring alignment to assortment principles.
- Provide guidance to the assortment optimization team on new SKU relevance.
- Provide guidance to floor planning on relevant space requirements per category per store, as well as developing an ideal blue print for each targeted environment.
- Develop appropriate analysis and performance tracking that can be presented to senior management to motivate or explain category performance, strategic rationale underpinning assortment decisions and expected financial impact as appropriate.
- Manage a reference register for special rules, regulations, or restrictions on assortment in these stores.

**Minimum requirements**

**EDUCATION**
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in experience

**JOB EXPERIENCE**
- At least 3 years of experience in retail or e-commerce, focusing on merchandising assortment and planning/analysis.

**JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE**
- Using BI tools and data mining techniques
- Experience working on multiple categories, using facts, to determine best assortment that exceeds customer expectations.
- Aptitude to assess and analyse internal & external data points & insights, managing, facilitate & deliver focused opportunity targets.
- Analytically minded with strong logic and organizational skills
- Aptitude to access, organize and prioritize data to improve the decision making process.

**JOB RELATED SKILLS**
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong and trend analysis experience
- Detail oriented with knowledge of retail modelling.
- Strong multi-tasking.
- Ability to partner with cross-functional teams at all levels across a complex organization
- Ability to get results despite workload, competing demands and a fast paced environment
- Ability to effectively prioritize multiple demands, adjust to change quickly and work constructively under pressure
- Ability to structure nebulous projects and to work constructively under tight deadlines
- Ability to influence peers and business partners without authority
- Ability to identify opportunities for performance improvement and efficiencies and how to pursue them

**COMPETENCIES**
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Persuading and Influencing
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Analysing
- Planning and Organising
- Learning and Researching

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