Senior Planner Mr Price Home

Reporting into the Planning Manager, the role of the Senior Planner is to strategically lead and roll-up the planning function of a specific merchandise team, including the categories within, in order to maintain planning disciplines and to ensure that the right levels of stock get to the right stores at the right time, whilst remaining aligned with the overall business key strategic objectives.

In this role partnership is imperative for success as you and your counterpart Senior Buyer will be required to work collaboratively and cohesively with support teams and cross functionally to delight our customer.

A key element of this role is to provide coaching to planning associates in your team, ensuring performance standards are met and that associates are developed to drive our philosophy of “home grown talent”.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or diploma (BSc or BCom majoring in Economics, Finance, Supply Chain & Logistics, Retail Business Management or Statistics).
• 5 - 7 years merchandise planning experience in retail with a proven track record.
• 1 - 2 years’ experience as a team leader/ manager (advantageous)
• MS Excel - Advanced
• Key knowledge includes Finance and business acumen, stock flow management, sales forecasting, analysis, planning KPIs and the value-chain

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

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.