Senior Planner Power Fashion

1 week ago


Durban, South Africa Mr Price Group Full time

To develop and execute seasonal merchandise strategies for own and team's respective category(ies) under supervision taking into account the business strategy, past sales history and current trade in order to forecast stock and sales and build a contemporary homeware to delight our customer. To facilitate the development of their team members.

Qualifications: Education:

- Relevant Diploma/Degree: Bachelor of Commerce: Finance, Supply Chain & Logistics, Retail Business Management or Economics related.

**Experience**:

- 5 + years planning experience (in retail).

Knowledge/ Skills:

- Microsoft Office (Excel proficient).
- Finance & Business Acumen.
- Numerical skills.
- Stock Flow Management.
- Sales Forecasting.
- Analysis.
- Planning KPIs.
- Value-Chain knowledge.
- Leadership qualities.
- Store knowledge (grades, profiles etc).
- Business understanding of Merchandise Cycle/Processes (Buying), in-house systems (Redworld, MIS, Rpas, E-focus) & Distribution Centre Processes.

Responsibilities: Team Leadership:

- Guide planning individuals with regards to achieving individual and team KPI's / targets by bringing alignment at a tactical level, ensuring workload is effectively distributed and individuals are engaged in line with the business' priorities in order to translate the planning strategy into an operational plan.

Forecasting Stock and Sales:

- Development of an accurate sales forecasts in order to determine optimal stock levels for the purpose of maximizing revenue and gross profit for the category/room.

Trade Optimization:

- Continuously identifying areas of opportunity and risk within the current execution of planned stock and sales forecasted and development/implementation of individual portfolio and team actions to correct the projection in order to maintain the forecasted sales trajectory.

Merchandise Process Management:

- Oversight of own and team's preparation and presentation of meaningful proposals for individual and team portfolios based on the analysis of relevant product performance data, market research, industry best practice and innovation in order to provide the customer with an assortment of quality fashionable and contemporary homeware at value pricing to drive sales and business profit.

Reporting & Analysis:

- Extraction and analysis of reports in order to provide commentary and insight for use in day to day operations and Merchandise Review Processes (Window, PM, Strat) in order to further the seasonal merchandise strategy.

Key Projects
- Involvement and implementation of continuous improvement projects within the merchandise function and the value-chain aimed to optimize business processes and achieve the execution of the business' strategic imperatives.


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