Job Description

A fast paced Retail Fashion Online business, obsessed about high performance, yet collaborative culture, needs a good Retail Planner who can take ownership and contribute to the delivering of a product that exceeds customers expectations. SA CITIZENS ONLY!
Responsibilities

• Creation of the Departmental financial strategy and execution of the Business strategy, by delivering a product offer that exceeds customers' expectations and achieves sales and profit targets combined with effective inventory management.

PROFIT MAXIMISATION

• Preparation of budgets, sales, stock and profit targets.
• Monitor performance against plan, taking appropriate action to maximise sales and profit and reduce stockholding whilst increasing stock turn.
• Identify new business opportunities to grow sales and profitability.
• Review, propose and implement mark-down activity to reduce terminal stock whilst analysing action taken on mark-downs to maximise profit.
• Communicate trading issues and forecasts with proposed actions to Management and Buyer.
• Implement promotional plans to optimise sales and profit.
• Measure brand/supplier performance against targets and make recommendations to grow or exit.

RANGE BUILDING & PLANNING

• Develop and agree plans in partnership with the Buyer that achieve sales and profit targets and implement the agreed departmental strategy.
• In conjunction with the Buyer, build balanced and profitable seasonal range plans.
• Evaluate market and customer information together with historical data to develop the department's phased stock plans and pricing strategy.

INVENTORY/COMMITMENT MANAGEMENT

• Manage and forecast the intake of stock in line with agreed OTB stock levels.
• Plan and implement replenishment volumes for continuity product.
• Monitor and manage the availability of stock.
• Promote stock efficiency through in season trading whilst managing forward covers.
• Collaborate with Supply chain to ensure planned launch and replenishment dates are met.
• Manage terminal stock.
• Manage volume buys and optimal size ratios.

Requirements
Qualifications: B.Commerce/Business Science Degree with at least 2 quantitative/numerical subjects.
Experience: 3 years+ essential proven working experience as a Retail Planner.
Additional: o A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work. o Advanced computer literacy in Excel and Planning Systems. Position located in Cape Town. Forward your CV to Gabi Traut at tpersonnel@iafrica.com should you have the required experience or call her on 083 274 5193. Visit our website www.trautpersonnel.co.za for all our positions.