Assistant Planner

4 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa takealot.com Full time

Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented  Assistant Planner  to join our Retail Planning Team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

The position reports to the Head of Planning

Your responsibilities will include assisting Planners with the following:

Placing supplier orders Assisting Planners with the following: Oversee the In-stock function including demand planning, ordering and capacity management in line with department strategy Deliver accurate insights and reports on a timely basis on which department managers can base commercial decisions and deliver on revenue and margin plans Create sustainable In-stock systems and processes in partnership with central analytics, technical and product teams Compiling the annual retail sales budget, quarterly plan, working plan as well as on-going reforecasting at category and product levels to ensure budgets are achieved Managing end to end inventory availability and inventory health including: improved in-stock rates (availability), inventory planning at categorisation, systematic forecasting, markdown and clearance provisions, return to supplier activities and warehouse space management

Attributes required:

Strong willingness to learn Entrepreneurial / Commercial mindset Attention to detail Organised and ability to prioritise Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (Commerce, Finance, Mathematics or Economics degree preferable) At least 1 year related retail / commerce experience High proficiency in excel Retail buying/e-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirement Existing industry networks a significant plus

The Environment:

Takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of Takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa. We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve We are short on ego and high on output We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all We love what we do and what we are creating

We seek to Employ an  Extra Ordinary Min d who:

is respectful but forthright is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute is analytical, able to use data to make decisions is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours is  passionate about the potential of e-commerce  and delivering a  world-class customer experience is  entrepreneurial, thrives under change  and accepts it is a constant and always  looks for solutions  to do something better and faster is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input; is curious and challenge the status quo is innovative and enjoys iteration is collaborative will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com thinks like an owner  of the business is  SMART, has INTEGRITY  and is  HARD WORKING

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