Senior Planner - Totalsports at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Key Responsibilities:

• Influencing and implementing the relevant brand’s merchandise strategy
• Financial and strategic management of the various products e.g. product planning, controlling open-to-buy, reviewing weekly & monthly figures
• Management of the range assortments and replenishment
• Management and implementation of distribution strategy e.g. analysing stores profiles & sales trends, developing promotional & range distribution by store & cluster      
• Ensure product plan meet location plan targets and correct stock allocations meet sales targets
• Ensure agreed KPI’s are met i.e. sales, stock flow, markdowns & IMU
• To monitor in season trade and react accordingly
• OBT management to ensure product opportunities are capitalized on
• Responsible for allocations
• Communication with stores and field

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven working experience as a Senior Planner
• Proven working experience as a Merchandise Planner (5 years minimum)
• Relevant tertiary qualification (Retail / Business)
• Strong affiliation to systems, utilising them to increase productivity in line with the merchandise strategy

Skills: 

• A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work
• Computer literacy in word, excel and planning systems
• Strong business and acumen and merchant thinking
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Proven decision-making ability
• Customer Service Delivery 
• Planning & Organising 
• Policy & Procedures 
• Market Research and Analysis 
• Supplier Management 
• Requirements Analysis 
• Strategic eCommerce