Product Planner at Pepkor Speciality

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Finance/Commerce/Accounting/Statistics/Cost and Management Accounting.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• 3+ Years of product planning experience within a relevant retail environment
• Knowledge of stock control and distribution
• Knowledge of the retail merchandise cycle with regards to Buying
• Advanced knowledge of G-Suite, Excel and the MS office Packages
• Knowledge of seasonal and non-seasonal replenishments
• Excellent Planning and Organizing skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver merchandise assortment plans that support the signed-off departmental Business Strategy
• Proactively highlight poor performing styles at monthly meetings (within the markdown budget) to increase clearances.
• Constantly forecast cancellation targets and present at monthly meetings to meet signed off KPI targets.
• Present at monthly management/department meets the Financial figures
• Present a completed strategy document with set contributions for each category for the season including inflation, margin and number lines
• Conduct post seasonal analysis
• Formulate and compile relevant reports based on analysis to support the findings related to what stock is required
• Ensure correct seasonality, price points, units and number of styles are bought