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The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public in Cape Town in October 1931. And it was founder Max Sonnenberg who captured the public’s imagination with dynamic store policies that set Woolworths apart from its competitors.
Three years later, a second branch opened in Durban, with another two in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg a year later. And...
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Job description
Online channel focus:
- Volume Control: The monitoring, uploading and highlighting of any opportunities within the Online Parameter tool
- Ensuring that events are planned on-time and sufficient stock is allocated to the Online facility
- Size analysis and adjustments for Online channel to ensure optimisation of trade.
- Delivering an enhanced online shopping experience by ensuring a focus on product availability and a curated product offer.
- Weekly store visit on the Website and App to ensure everything is correct and highlight and concerns
- Close collaboration with the Online team on an ongoing basis to understand any operational needs and requirements from the online team.
- Actioning of RTV’s/IBT’s and Stock Flushes as needed within the agreed timelines.
Other:
- Develop detailed understanding of new and existing store Customer Profiles through Marketing / RED research data as well as store visits to determine optimal store catalogues for Online trade as well as Bricks and Mortar stores.
- Continually conduct store grouping performance analysis and align with strategies and key initiatives and to ensure that Product offer aligns to Customer expectations whilst delivering a standard Brand image in stores.
- Identify gridding opportunities in stores based on performance analysis (e.g. ROS, Profitability etc.) with reference to available space, minimum credible offer (MCO), departmental priorities and option control.
- Alongside planning teams, create and maintain optimal Product grid profiles for stores to optimise trade and drive incremental sales. continuously monitor and review product performance, breadth of range (e.g. number of options) and adjust profiles, location and catalogue to maximise sales and profitability
- Ongoing collaboration with Planning, VM, the Store leadership to ensure a balanced location strategy
- Ongoing analysis to identify risk and opportunities in stores
- Make key recommendations around Location trading opportunities
- Build strong networks and strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders
KEY COMPETENCIES AND SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED
- Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills with proven ability to turn findings into executable plans
- Detail oriented, enthusiastic, self-motivated, tenacious attention to detail.
- Organised and focused on delivering outcomes
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
- Strong numerical skills
- “Can-do” attitude
- Adaptable to change
- Great retail Knowledge and competitive environment
- A Team player and a collaborator
- Ability to take ownership, drives initiatives and work independently
- Logical, data driven decision maker
Minimum requirements
- Minimum 5 to 8 years Planning experience
- Relevant Degree / Diploma
- Location Planning experience – specifically Online Location planning will be an advantage
- Cubes RMS systems experience
- Advanced excel skills
- Strong administrative capability
Apply by: 22 June 2025
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Job description
- Update Oracle Properties system to produce payments for:- Rentals, Electricity, Municipal Utilities and Rates, etc.,
- Record balances and ageing as per landlord/managing agent statements,
- Resolve outstanding reconciling items and action outstanding entries,
- Perform age analysis by landlord/managing agent and drive clearing thereof,
- Check remittances and attach supporting documentation to send to landlords/managing agents,
- Perform Rates calculations,
- Perform Rental and Interim Rental Calculations
- Processing of invoices and ensuring payment thereof,
- Ensure that master data for new and amended supplier accounts are accurate,
- Escalate issues and communicate to the Accountant/Manager any non-adherence to procedures and controls,
- Administer, follow-up and resolve queries,
- Manage the CA incident logged and adhere to the SLA agreement,
- Ensure that all documents are kept in line with WW policy and Legal requirements and properly filed and/or timeously sent for archiving,
- Identify and communicate any bottlenecks and late documentation,
- Deliver high performance consistently,
- Build and maintain a good relationship with customers and the rest of the team,
- Full adherence to Woolworth’s financial policies and all accepted accounting practises.
Minimum requirements
- Technical Skills
- Diploma in Accounting
- Sound understanding of Accounting Systems (Oracle would be advantageous)
- Computer literacy – Oracle, Excel, Word
- Strong numeric ability,
- Minimum of 3-5 years reconciliation experience required,
- Minimum of 1 year Properties experience advantageous.
Behavioral Skills
- Personal Effectiveness
- Passion for the brand and customers
- Thinking strategically and commercially
- Leading Transformation
- Connecting People
- Delivering high performance
- Having a merchant mindset
- Making insightful business decisions
- Driving quality
- Planning and organizing
Apply by: 22 June 2025
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Job description
Develop and Execute Channel Plan
- Develop cross plan per centralised grading parameters in line with critical path.
- Ensure exceptions are executed as agreed with Central Planning.
- Ensure New Stores are stocked to plan – in line with Location brief and critical path.
- Conduct Post seasonal analysis with regards to size, store and product performance and identify exceptions to inform grading exceptions (move to data analysis).
- Maintain On the Dot parameter tool timeously to inform agreed stock parameters and optimised sales.
- Develop and Execute Allocations
- Prioritise allocations based on trading, monthly launches and monthly intake forecast.
- Monitor and analyse store performance against plan and provide accurate and timeous information to optimise decision making.
- Capture and update sizing ratios in RMS and sizing tool.
- Create size profile & size ratios for each product to optimise allocations and future orders.
Data analysis & reporting
- Analyse store performance and provide accurate and timeous information to
- optimise business decision making.
- Conduct grade analysis and present findings to planner and central planning
- team for action.
- Check In-season exceptions and suggest possible resolution to planner or
- action where appropriate. For example - availability, size profile including on
- order ratio.
- Assist stores in resolving any queries relating to stock.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant retail/ business qualification
- 2 years retail experience( minimum)
- Numerical, analytical and interpretive ability
- Analytical capability (core skill, non-negotiable)
- Efficient and accurate attention to detail
- Commercial understanding and a merchant mind set
- Good working knowledge of computer software, with intermediate to advanced working experience on Excel and Cognos reporting skills
- Assertive, effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Action orientated and deadline driven
- Problem solving ability
- Ability to use own initiative and be proactive
- Ability to work independently and decision making-ability
- Excellent planning and organising skills
- Customer Service Orientation
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently with confidence
Apply by: 31 August 2025
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Job description
Develop and Execute Merchandise Financial Plan
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to compile and develop a departmental strategy in line with Group strategy.
- Develop merchandise plan to anticipate seasonal differences in demand and minimise various risks.
- Develop and present seasonal department budget and merchandise financial plans, including OTB strategy, channel strategy, range and price architecture, promotional and clearance plan, and assortment plans to leadership for sign off.
- Consider all group inputs, including strategic initiatives, key operational metrics, and post-seasonal analysis.
- Analyse historical sales data, market trends, and customer demand to inform MFP.
- Manage the release of OTB (Open-to-Buy) to ensure alignment of sales and stock KPI’s.
- Review & revise department financial plan monthly in line with trading ensuring delivery of all KPI’s.
Develop and execute Assortment Plan
- Partner with Buying to provide a balanced assortment and option plan based on thorough post-seasonal analysis, strategy, space and application of trends.
- Partner with Buying to develop and present the price architecture and provide guidance on the appropriate number of price points per category.
- Conduct product review and present final volumes and established flow of newness over time.
- Review and ensure grade assortment can be executed given available space & customer insights reports.
- Ensure a disciplined application of the attribute framework in the assortment plan.
Develop and Execute Optimised Inventory Management
- Manage stock commitments, reporting and targets at all levels and ensure effective management of intake and flow of stock, warehouse utilisation & processes.
- Proactively identify opportunities to review inventory against plan and propose amendments in line with KPI delivery.
- Share planning forecast and range plan with Sourcing Specialists to inform high-level and detailed capacity plan across Groups.
Leveraging insights
- Pre-season engagement with Central Planning Analysts to review and refine analytics (APS, Profiles & Sales Profiler)
- Analyse customer feedback, sales data, and market trends to make data-driven decisions and better inform future product demand.
- Manage planning admin in all applicable systems in line with the requirements of the Woolworths merchandise cycle.
- As a team, conduct competitive shopping and store visits and share findings to Leadership and broader team.
- Participate in weekly trade meetings to discuss business performance with appropriate action focus.
- Participate in company initiatives as appropriate.
- Conduct seasonal sizing profile reviews with Store Planner.
Minimum requirements
- Preferably a relevant business diploma/degree (Retail business management/BCom/Clothing management/BScience/BA)
- 3-5 years planning experience
- Extensive Retail knowledge
- Technically strong merchandising skills
- High attention to detail
- Knowledge of business IT systems (including Forecasting and Replenishment, RMS etc)
- Knowledge of Product lead times to formulate a working critical path
- Ability to formulate strategies and implement shorter-term tactical plans that are cost – effective efficient and realistic
- Analytical and interpretative ability
- Results-driven and proactive
- Ability to work in a pressurised environment
Apply by: 16 June 2025
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Job description
- Develop and Execute Merchandise Financial Plan
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to compile and develop a departmental strategy in line with Group strategy.
- Develop merchandise plan to anticipate seasonal differences in demand and minimise various risks.
- Develop and present seasonal department budget and merchandise financial plans, including OTB strategy, channel strategy, range and price architecture, promotional and clearance plan, and assortment plans to leadership for sign off.
- Consider all group inputs, including strategic initiatives, key operational metrics, and post seasonal analysis.
- Analyse historical sales data, market trends, and customer demand to inform MFP.
- Manage the release of OTB (Open-to-Buy) to ensure alignment of sales and stock KPI’s.
- Review & revise department financial plan monthly in line with trading ensuring delivery of all KPI’s.
Develop and Execute Assortment Plan
- Partner with Buying to provide a balanced assortment and option plan based on thorough post-seasonal analysis, strategy, space and application of trends.
- Partner with Buying to develop and present the price architecture and provide guidance on the appropriate number of price points per category.
- Conduct product review and present final volumes and established flow of newness over time.
- Review and ensure grade assortment can be executed given available space & customer insights reports.
- Ensure a disciplined application of the attribute framework in the assortment plan.
Develop and Execute Optimised Inventory Management
- Manage stock commitments, reporting and targets at all levels and ensure effective management of intake and flow of stock, warehouse utilisation & processes.
- Proactively identify opportunities to review inventory against plan and propose amendments in line with KPI delivery.
- Share planning forecast and range plan with Sourcing Specialists to inform high-level and detailed capacity plan across Groups.
Leveraging Insights
- Pre-season engagement with Central Planning Analysts to review and refine analytics (APS, Profiles & Sales Profiler).
- Analyse customer feedback, sales data, and market trends to make data-driven decisions and better inform future product demand.
- Manage planning admin in all applicable systems in line with the requirements of the Woolworths merchandise cycle.
- As a team, conduct competitive shopping and store visits and share findings to Leadership and broader team.
- Participate in weekly trade meetings to discuss business performance with appropriate action focus.
- Participate in company initiatives as appropriate.
- Conduct seasonal sizing profile reviews with Store Planner.
People Management
- Provide direction, coaching and mentorship to any trainee and junior planner.
- Support training and adoption of new ways of working including planning systems and processes.
- Build strong networks and strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Minimum requirements
- Preferably a relevant business diploma / degree (Retail business management/BCom/Clothing management/BScience) or relevant work experience
- Extensive Retail knowledge
- Knowledge of Retail, Supply Chain and Logistics processes
- 4 -5 years’ experience in Fashion retail industry, including time as a Planner.
- 2-3 people management experience. Coaching skills, ability to manage self, Planner 1, and Store Planner.
- Retail Systems: Familiar with retail planning and merchandising software, like Assort, PLM, JDA
- Intermediate Excel to analyse and manipulate large datasets to present complex information in clear and concise manner.
- Retail Math, proficiency in retail calculations
Apply by: 16 June 2025
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Job description
Develop and Execute Merchandise Financial Planning
- Ensure objectives and KPIs are met including turnover growth, profitability, PIS, margins, stock turn
- and clearance
- Manage and control merchandise, markdown and promotional budgets to achieve all KPI targets
- Utilize data analytics and market research to provide actionable insights for strategic decision making, identifying areas of improvement, growth opportunities, and market trends.
- Collaborate with the Commercial Head and 3rd party brands and private label strategy execution and implementation
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, Store Operations, Marketing, Sourcing, and Finance to ensure effective merchandise planning co-ordination and execution.
- Collaborate and support the Commercial Head with financial strategies and analysis that drive a growth strategy and market share gains
Identify and Execute Assortment Strategy
- Formulate an assortment and 3rd party brands strategy across all channels for the relevant Group that is aligned to company direction to maximize sales and profitability.
- Evaluate with Commercial Head, the department assortment plan considering post-seasonal learnings and product strategies.
- Monitor brand, product and range performance, anticipate market opportunities and threats to drive appropriate team action.
- Apply attribute framework for disciplined trading analysis.
- Provide insights and recommendations based on qualitative and quantitative analysis at quarterly and seasonal reviews to affect future department architecture.
- Guide the planning team on managing 3rd party brands cost to catalogue, wedging of assortment and store depth
Support the planning team in execution of 3rd party brand strategies
- Develop and Execute Optimised Inventory Management
- Control the open to buy and manage stock levels to agreed commitment targets throughout the supply chain
- Efficiently manage intake, stock flow, allocation and replenishment to meet KPI’s
- Implement strategies for product availability, sizing and location optimization.
- Set markdown strategies aligned with KPI’s.
- Oversee planning processes that facilitate and enable accurate sales and stock forecast in line with
KPI’s to minimize aging of inventory.
- Collaborate with Sourcing to ensure efficient inventory management in line with KPI’s
- Optimise in-season trading opportunities by reviewing actuals vs projected and adjusting forecasts
- Collaborate with 3rd party brands to support the planning team with on-time launches, inventory
- management, RTV negotiations and stock swaps
Team Leadership
- Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing planning team.
- Support training and adoption of planning systems and processes.
- Drive outcomes, leverage insight, empower talent,
- Drive operational excellence, process optimisation, and employee engagement within planning and
- cross-functional team.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant 3 year Degree/Diploma or equivalent cognitive ability
- 5-10years experience in retail industry, including time as a Planner, Buyer or Retail business
- analyst is essential (beauty experience advantageous)
- Strong Leadership and team management skills, 2-3 years experience leading/managing people
- Ability to drive operational excellence and process optimization
- Proficient in planning systems and technology
- Ability to travel both locally and internationally
- Strong understanding of Financial Planning, Inventory Management principles and techniques
- Demonstrated retail math, including markup, margin planning, and inventory productivity measures.
- Strong product sense with proven experience in driving product assortments and leading
- merchandise strategies.
- Strong understanding of pricing strategies and price architecture
- Knowledge and understanding of Supply Chain Management
- Strong negotiation and collaboration skills
- Understanding of 3rd party branded businesses
Apply by: 16 June 2025
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Job description
Develop and Execute Merchandise Financial Plan
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to compile and develop a departmental strategy in line with Group strategy.
- Develop merchandise plan to anticipate seasonal differences in demand and minimise various risks.
- Develop and present seasonal department budget and merchandise financial plans, including OTB strategy, channel strategy, range and price architecture, promotional and clearance plan, and assortment plans to leadership for sign off.
- Consider all group inputs, including strategic initiatives, key operational metrics, and post seasonal analysis.
- Analyse historical sales data, market trends, and customer demand to inform MFP.
- Manage the release of OTB (Open-to-Buy) to ensure alignment of sales and stock KPI’s.
- Review & revise department financial plan monthly in line with trading ensuring delivery of all KPI’s.
- Develop with buying a promotional strategy to stimulate sales
Develop and execute Assortment Plan
- Partner with Buying to provide a balanced assortment and option plan based on thorough post-seasonal analysis, strategy, space and application of trends.
- Partner with Buying to develop and present the price architecture and provide guidance on the appropriate number of price points per category.
- Conduct product review and present final volumes and established flow of newness over time.
- Review and ensure grade assortment can be executed given available space, OTB & customer insights reports.
- Ensure a disciplined application of the attribute framework in the assortment plan
- Review and ensure grade assortment can be executed given available space & customer insights reports
- Maintain the minimal credible offer in stores of RPL lines through pres min and facing management
Develop and Execute Optimised Inventory Management
- Manage stock commitments, reporting and targets at all levels and ensure effective management of intake and flow of stock, warehouse utilisation & processes.
- Proactively identify opportunities to review inventory against plan and propose amendments in line with KPI delivery.
- Share planning forecast and range plan with Sourcing Specialists to inform high-level and detailed capacity planacross Groups.
- Reforecast RPL lines and share with Sourcing Specialists the changes in the demand of RPL lines
- Work together with Sourcing Specialist to maintain supply and availability on RPL lines as well as manage liabilities and expiries of stock
Leveraging insights
- Pre-season engagement with Central Planning Analysts to review and refine analytics (APS, Profiles & Sales Profiler)
- Analyse customer feedback, sales data, and market trends to make data-driven decisions and better inform future product demand.
- Manage planning admin in all applicable systems in line with the requirements of the
Woolworths merchandise cycle.
- Oversee accurate allocations by planner I to maintain availability of RPL lines
- As a team, conduct competitive shopping and store visits and share findings to Leadership and broader team.
- Participate in weekly trade meetings to discuss business performance with appropriate action focus.
- Participate in company initiatives as appropriate.
Minimum requirements
- Preferably a relevant business diploma / degree (Retail business management/BCom/Clothing management/BScience) or relevant work experience.
- 2 to 5 years experience in retail industry, including time as a Planner.
- Beauty experience advantageous
- Intermediate Excel to analyse and manipulate large datasets to present complex information in clear and concise manner.
- Extensive Retail knowledge.
- Retail, Supply Chain and Logistics processes.
- Retail Systems : Familiar with retail planning and merchandising software, like Assort, PLM, JDA.
- Retail Math, proficiency in retail calculations.
- Numerical.
Apply by: 16 June 2025
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Job description
Contribute to Product Concept / Product Range workshops / conversations and drive alignment between product aesthetics and technical requirements from idea to product developed.
- Actively participate as member of the “Quad” during seasonal plan workshops to define the Formula.
- Actively participate as member of the “Quad” during Range Build and In-Season Trade / Trend Update workshops to define Woolworths design requirements.
- Deliver product innovation outcomes to achieve innovation and sustainability targets.
Request and manage completion of, and updates to Tech Packs in line with Critical Path dates.
- Set the drumbeat for the “Quad” and facilitate cross-functional coordination to deliver to Critical Path timelines.
- Request Tech Pack inputs from Planning, Buying, Design and Fabric Teams
- Ensure that Tech Packs are aligned with the required quality standards.
- Ensure on-time handover of Tech Packs to Sourcing and participate in Tech Pack briefings where required.
Coordinate the receipt, and handover of physical samples to Buying, and ensure that aesthetic and technical assessments are completed in time.
- Receive all physical samples from Sourcing & Production Assistant and handover to Buying for aesthetic assessment.
- Create and issue requests for samples for Development (resubmissions only), Pre-Production and Production Samples
- Conduct technical assessment of samples to ensure product technical requirements are met
- Manage the end-to-end process of sample request, receive, handover and approval in collaboration with Sourcing & Production Assistants
Deliver Product Quality
- Collect and assess product quality and compliance data and information (including Suppliers’ alignment to WW standards, QIMAOne Metrics regarding Supplier quality and performance, and customer and store feedback)
- Respond to, and resolve customer queries, and ensure that solutions are integrated into internal process.
Drive PLM Utilisation and Compliance
- Ensure PLM is continuously kept up to date with accurate and relevant information at appropriate levels of completion.
Minimum requirements
- Relevant business degree and/or diploma in Textile Technology and or Textile production and/or diploma in fashion / clothing product management
- 5 years or more technical experience in retail and/or manufacturing is essential.
- Understanding of the International and South African fabric/garment/fit/category industry
- Ability to travel both locally and internationally.
- Product Knowledge
- Technical Pack Development
- Fitting & Prototyping
- Sample Management
- Product Quality Control
- Advanced PLM Skills
Apply by: 16 June 2025
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