Superbalist - Merchandise Planner

7 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Takealot Group Full time

We're looking for people who:

- are decisive
- are continuously learning & improving
- think big
- are proactive
- obsess about the customer and the customer experience
- are accountable
- collaborate
- are trustworthy, approachable and open minded
- simplify processes and solve complexity
- diverse and inclusive

If that sounds exciting to you, then you may be right for Superbalist, and ready to help us build SA's biggest and best fashion retailer.

**Description**:
Creation of the Departmental financial strategy and execution of the Business strategy, by delivering a product offer that exceeds customers' expectations, and achieves sales and profit targets combined with effective inventory management.

**Reports to**:
Planning Manager

**Profit Maximisation**
- Preparation of budgets, sales, stock and profit targets.
- Monitor performance against plan, taking appropriate action to maximise sales and profit and reduce stockholding whilst increasing stock turn.
- Identify new business opportunities to grow sales and profitability.
- Review, propose and implement mark-down activity to reduce terminal stock whilst analysing action taken on mark-downs to maximise profit.
- Communicate trading issues and forecasts with proposed actions to management and buyer.
- Implement promotional plans to optimise sales and profit.
- Measure brand/supplier performance against targets and make recommendations to grow or exit.

**Range Building and Planning**
- Develop and agree plans in partnership with the buyer that achieve sales and profit targets and implement the agreed departmental strategy.
- In conjunction with the buyer, build balanced and profitable seasonal range plans.
- Evaluate market and customer information together with historical data to develop the department's phased stock plans and pricing strategy.

**Inventory/Commitment Management**
- Manage and forecast the intake of stock in line with agreed OTB stock levels.
- Plan and implement replenishment volumes for continuity product.
- Monitor and manage the availability of stock.
- Promote stock efficiency through in season trading whilst managing forward covers.
- Collaborate with Supply chain to ensure planned launch and replenishment dates are met.
- Manage terminal stock.
- Manage volume buys and optimal size ratio's.

***Key Skills and Experience**
- 2 years + essential Proven working experience as a Planner
- A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work.
- Advanced computer literacy in excel and planning systems.

**Key Competencies and Attribute**
- Strong business acumen and merchant thinking.
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proven decision-making ability.

**_Superbalist is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference._**:

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