Welcome to PEP! PEP is Africa’s largest single brand retailer operating around 1800 stores in Southern Africa. As well as clothing and footwear, PEP sells homeware, FMCG, cellular and airtime products and also offers a range of other services such as cash-backs, Capfin (for loans), funeral policies, cross-border money transfers, selected bill payments, Fla...
The purpose of the planner is to manage the allocation process and plan and control stock to achieve maximum sales and profit targets.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
In-season sales performance as well as the management of stock
Analysis of data to develop a pre-season business plans
Sales and Stock planning and allocation management
Product Management (Monitor, analyse and make recommendations of product life cycles)
Size ratio management
Coaching and supervising
Store support and visits
Ad hoc projects
JOB INCUMBENT REQUIREMENTS
Commercial or Statistical degree or diploma
Computer Literacy (MS Office) as well as experience in planning tools, i.e. Arthur/EP
Min 3 years retail planning experience
Competencies Required: Problem assessment; decision making; detail orientation; planning, organising and control; business acumen; stress tolerance; relationship building and confidence
Good communication skills and a team player that can cope in a dynamic environment.
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