Merchandise and Planning Coordinator

**Merchandise and Planning Coordinator**

This position is responsible for the merchandising and planning functions for the brand. This role watches consumer patterns, such as seasonal purchasing and presents their findings to the management teams. Additionally, the role offers insight on ways to alter merchandise assortments to increase revenue and minimize loss. This is done by analyzing sales data (macro & micro consumer trends and spending), frequent reporting cadence, planning tools management and highlighting inventory areas which need addressing. Further required to work closely with management to analyze customer activity, forecast sales, select forward-trending merchandise, and replenish ecommerce channel optimally to maximize trading opportunities and minimize stock holdings.

**Company Values**
- Act Sustainably
- Celebrate the Wins
- Stand for equality
- Love athletes
- Fight on together

**Key Performance Areas**

**Product Analytics**
- Monitor sales data, by price, category, trend, geography, consumer, etc., post season, in season and pre-season
- Identify and understand purchasing trends and make recommendations
- Monitoring the timing and scope of seasonal changes
- Make recommendations with merchandising
- Develop supply strategies that will minimize stock outs while maximizing inventory turns
- Develop and continuously evaluate all reports from purchase orders to sales history, seasonal sales analysis, aged inventory & liquidation plans
- Monitoring in season trade and react accordingly
- Set up seasonal line lists per channel
- Analyze Market Place sales and assist in ensuring the right product is available at the right time.
- Analysis of sell through with necessary systems (Excel, Shopify, and SAP B1) to optimize replenishment.
- Communicating with Brand manager where necessary to understand trading patterns
- Monitor in season trade and react accordingly
- Gather channel feedback on a weekly basis regards missed opportunities

**Inventory Management**
- Understand and maintain desired inventory levels, inventory turns, OTB and assortments
- Ensure plans are in place to meet consumer trends, marketing launches, promotional activation, etc.
- Oversee shipping, receiving, and warehousing of merchandise
- Develop and maintain an integrated planning process that deals with customer demand, upselling opportunities in high demand end uses, EOL & stock to management in accordance with budgeted guidance (OTB), to consume against future seasons.
- Develop and maintain inventory reporting (achievement to target, margins, inventory health, shipping schedule vs SAP, etc.)
- Placing Purchase Orders (pre & in season)
- Order Tracking and reporting
- GTM, SKU, Pricing and Order form setup
- Develop and maintain an accurate ATS (Available to Sell) to be refreshed and published on a frequent cadence
- Assist with pricing structure for staff purchases and sample sales when necessary
- Implementing stock plans to ensure that strategic objectives are executed
- Monitoring customer orders
- Order Tracking as required
- Execute allocations to ecommerce, both seasonal and refill
- Ensuring product plan meets location plan targets and correct stock allocations meet sales targets
- Ensuring sufficient inflows of product to meet acceptable in stock percentages to maintaining agreed replenishment service levels and agreed planograms for channels
- Management of the seasonal flow of range assortments
- Assist with stock take process

**Reporting**
- Shipping schedule
- Inbound Containers
- Location Reviews
- Inventory Tracker Tool
- Channel Top Seller
- Weekly Sales
- Return Managements
- ATS
- Any reporting pack agreed to with management or to fulfil your role's responsibilities

**General**
- Maintaining a professional image whilst in the office or travelling
- Assist with any adhoc duties

**Education**
- Relevant tertiary qualification

**Experience**
- 2 - 5 years’ experience in a similar role
- Ecommerce exposure beneficial

**Essential skills, behaviour and knowledge required**:

- Highly numerate and able to deal with large volumes of data
- Organized and deadline driven with exceptional attention to detail
- Sound understanding of supplier profiles
- Must have good problem-solving skills
- Understanding of supply chain processes and concepts
- Ability to prioritize tasks according to importance in a fast-paced environment
- Multi-tasking capability without compromising on quality
- Dependable, punctual, and able to work flexible working hours
- Valid Driver's license and own transport
- Willing to travel locally

**Critical Competencies**
- An understanding of performance apparel landscape and markets
- Strong administration skills
- Strong merchant skills
- Strong affinity for systems