Planning Manager Mr Price

4 weeks ago


Durban, South Africa Mr Price Group Full time

**purpose**

Are you driven, have high energy levels and are passionate about the latest fashion apparel?
Mr Price Apparel, the largest trading division of the Mr Price Group is currently recruiting for an experienced Planning Manager to join our dynamic business.
Your key objectives are to lead a planning team to drive a brand/ portfolio in achieving the four Right’s (Product, Place, Time, Price).

**key responsibilities**
- **Team Leadership**:

- Set goals & direction for the team in line with key imperatives as defined in the company strategy.
- Ensure a sustained focus on departmental goals and strategy.
- Provide guidance & performance feedback at both an individual & team level in order to optimizing learning & development.
- Create a team culture that is disciplined in its thinking; responsive to trade; collaborative across all areas of the business & passionate about fashion retail.
- Ensure accountability through effective delegation with appropriate support & oversight dependent on levels of competence & experience in the team.
- Review & streamline processes to ensure effective time management, proactive planning & team member utilization.
- **Current Trade**:

- Compile & communicate a current trade report for the senior business leaders, as well as strategic overviews of the previous months trade required for board reports.
- Analyse available market information on a monthly basis in order to monitor & optimize growth targets against key KPI's.
- Ensure store plans & replenishment forecasts are sound & if not ensure they are corrected via effective team action plans.
- Conduct & facilitate competitive shops & store visits ensuring that recommended actions plans are executed.
- Collaborate with the Merchandise Operations Manager (MOM) & Merchandise Operations Planner (MOP) in order to optimize store opportunities.
- Ensure key timelines are being met with regards to merchandise & operations deadlines.
- Monitor & analyse store cover ratios.
- Liaise & oversee distribution centre ensuring timeous deliveries to stores and monitor stock clearance from the distribution centre.
- Oversee re-balancing of stock in stores
- **Post Mortem & Strategy**:

- Compile a summarized post mortem outlining key learnings & present to senior business leaders, covering key financial measures, product performance, & strategic insight into shifts in the competitor landscape.
- Compile key strategic objectives & in line with lessons learnt.
- Create a top line financial plan reflecting growth in line with missed opportunities, company strategy & space growth in order to balance investment per sub department.
- Ensure that the seasonal strategy takes cognizance of the correct width & depth, profile & regional plans, marketing research & other key ratios.
- Manage & report on comp & non-comp growth to ensure that comp store growth is not impacted by new stores.
- In collaboration with Brand merchants, agree appropriate assortment width for stores.
- **Building an Assortment**:

- Ensure that the assortments will enable stores to achieve planned growth.
- Ensure that any shifts in product, key measures such as shape of assortment, attribute management are carefully considered & clearly communicated in the review presentation.
- Check the changes from strategy & ensure store targets will be met.

**requirements**
- **Education**:

- Degree or Diploma Qualification that is commerce-related.
- **Experience**:

- Minimum 4 - 6 years’ experience.
- 24 months as a Senior planner
- Proven performance
- Successfully mentored and coached across both merch and location planning
- Strong leadership competencies
- An example to others
- Culture champion of our values
- **Knowledge/ Skills**:

- Professional Skills include: Current Trade knowledge, Post Mortem, Build a Seasonal Strategy & Assortment.
- Technical Skills include: Computer Literacy, Mathematical Competency, Negotiation Skills & Planning System.
- Business Understanding include: retail knowledge, brand and product understanding, customer & retail market.

**about us**

Mr Price Group is a high growth, omnichannel, fashion-value retailer with 6 trading divisions, namely**:mrp** ; **mrphome**; **mrpsport**; Miladys; sheetstreet and **mrpmoney, **Power Fashion and Yuppiechef

We’re movers and shakers.

We pride ourselves on our fast-moving, fast-working and collaborative culture. Our extensive market-leading retail knowledge means that our environment fosters creativity, curiosity, and a need for exploration.

We employ over 16000 incredible people, and retail in over 1000 South African based stores, almost 100 international stores, and through our online channels offering our full product assortments.

Mr Price Group is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.



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