Merchandise Planner - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 02-11-2018 8:01:09 AM
28-12-2018 8:01:09 AM
Merchandise Planner
Cape Town – Northern Suburbs

Our client in the retail industry requires the services of a Merchandise Planner to maximize sales and profitability through the generation of the merchandise budget in line with the group strategy for the financial year and manage the execution of the budget throughout the financial year.

Key performance areas:

? Identify out of line situations and trends through ongoing analysis and propose action steps to address these.
? Perform pre-budgeting merchandise performance analysis for the area of responsibility
? Generate the merchandise budget for the financial year for the area of responsibility
? Assist the Buyers in the creation of balanced assortment plans
? Review and manage branch clustering on an ongoing basis
? Mange the execution of the approved budget for the financial year for the area of responsibility
? Perform ongoing analysis throughout the financial year to identify out of line situations and propose corrective action to resolve them
? Manage item life cycle
? Assist Management with any internal tasks and projects as required from time to time

The successful candidate must have:

? Matric with a Business / Commerce Degree with majors in Economics / Statistics
? 5 Years retail planning experience
? Working knowledge of Retail principles and process; Economic trends and the impact on consumer spending; sales projections and forecasting
? Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
? Excellent computer literacy (MS Office & SAP)
? Must have numerical skills – Ratios, margins and ROI’s
? Must have excellent analytical and problem solving skills
? Must have forward and process thinking abilities
? Coping with pressures and setbacks
? Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.