Junior Demand Planner

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Clicks Group Limited Full time

Advert reference: click_013621
Advert status: Online
- **Position Summary**:
**Industry**:FMCG & Supply Management

**Job category**:Supply and Demand

**Location**:Cape Town

**Contract**:Permanent

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**Brand**:Clicks Group

**Introduction**:
Clicks is on the hunt for a Junior Demand Planner, to ensure effective demand and statistical forecasting for assigned categories in order to drive profitability through increased sales, improved margins, and working capital productivity.

**Job description**:

- To be accountable for forecast accuracy within the allocated categories
- To be accountable for optimized inventory levels within the allocated categories and minimum order quantity within the allocated categories
- To partner with the Category Managers on the development of pre-season sales, markdown, margin, and inventory plans
- To analyze and propose to the merchandising department top line shifts in the assortment investment at the category level
- At the category level monitor projections, inventory flow and seasonal sell-off plans as well as validate monthly forecast for open to buy management
- To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management
- To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.)
- To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement in order to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements
- To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals in order to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization
- To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities and improve future forecasts
- To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders in order to enhance key insights and decisions taken
- To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making in order to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range

**Minimum requirements**:

- EDUCATION
- Diploma in Purchasing/Business Management Financial/Retail Management (Desirable)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Marketing, Business, related area or equivalent experience

JOB EXPERIENCE
- Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both
- 1 - 3 years’ experience with in Demand Planning in a retail / FMCG environment
- Distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as production planning, scheduling and transportation
- Supply chain software knowledge ( BY / EP) advantageous (Desirable)

JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE
- Retail / FMCG Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain and Logistics
- Data analysis models
- Ability to understand and fine tune algorithms for optimal forecast performance
- Execution of the new stores / lines / products process using required commercial acumen
- Understanding of the consistent management and planning of the supplier base performance metrics, promotional planning cycle, product lifecycle, supply chain optimization for their products, business analysis and reporting
- Financial planning models and methodologies (Desirable)
- Understanding of customer needs and wants, trends, competitive environment and market share (Desirable)

JOB SKILLS
- Causal factor determination and event driven adjustments
- Deep analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups
- Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions
- Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 - 24 months in the future
- Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions
- Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases
- Complex Problem solving
- Retail financial & mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy)
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills

COMPETENCIES
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Persuading and Influencing
- Presenting and Communicating Information
- Analysing
- Planning and Organising
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Adapting and Responding to Change
- Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
- Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking

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