Trainee Location Planner at Mr Price Group

JOB DESCRIPTION

With support & guidance build key knowledge & skills that equips the role to develop astute pre-season & in-season store sales plans that meet the store's needs in terms of the correct buy shape per store profile & maximize store sales, clearance and space.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

On the Job Learning:

Apply learnt knowledge & skills by:

• Demonstrating awareness of the factors which influence the way we perform in current trade how to manage opportunities & risks accordingly.
• Demonstrating how to optimize stock in the light of the critical path & achievement of KPI's.
• Participating in the building of an assortment which is informed by current trade, post mortem, & the seasonal strategy.
• Demonstrating how to forecast a financial plan, highlight variances for sales, orders & stock going forward.

Current Trade:

• Extract & analyze store KPI's by sub department season.
• Contribute towards compiling a draft report highlighting all issues that have impacted performance.
• Assist the location planner in respect of re-forecasting in-season store sales to adjust for the current trade variances.
• Convert the store sales plan to a stock plan in OTS (Open to Ship) in order to adjust SAS (Strategic Allocation System) allocations.

Post Mortem:

• Complete a monthly zero-based plan (ZBP) in order to conclude the previous months missed opportunities.
• Complete store grading in APS (Assortment Planning System) in order to provide the merchant planning team with unit buy recommendations which will inform their strategy.

Building an Assortment:

• Participate in building the assortment plan in collaboration with the buying & planning team.
• Assist with creating profiles, store grading & development of unit buy recommendations for the greater team.
• Maintain the profiles & grading in the relevant system (APS).
• Extract & analyze reports on the assortment for the location planner.

Product Allocation/Stock Allocation:

• Adjust & balance the forward allocations checking that required units per store are met.
• Monitor units being accrued for new store openings & report on variances.
• Finalize allocations
• Assist with store consolidations.
• Identify problems with store size service levels & store cover ratio, assist team with action plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree / Diploma in :

• BCOM : General
• Business Science
• Accounting
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Economics
• Finance
• Strategic Management
• Supply Chain
• Retail
• Logistics