Under general direction create the department's 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.
1. Education:
· University or Diploma Qualification with 2-3 related quantitative or supply chain subjects
2. Experience:
· At least 3 years' experience as a Location planner (excluding time as a Trainee/Junior)
· Experience mentoring and coaching in Location
· Proven track record with the success in development of Trainees & Juniors within Location
· Completed all available planner classroom training
· Deep functional expertise in Location planning
· Proven performance and experience in variety of products
3. Knowledge/ Skills:
· Knowledge on Current Trade.
· Skills pertaining to Post Mortem reports.
· Skills and ability to build a Seasonal Strategy & Assortment.
· Candidate must be computer literate & have knowledge on planning systems.
· Candidate should possess retail knowledge, brand and product understanding, customer & retail market.
Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.
1. Current Trade:
· Extract & analyse store KPI's by sub department season.
· Complete a draft report highlighting all issues impacting performance.
· Lead a discussion to develop an action plan that will maximize store sales, clearance & space.
· Collaborating with the merchant planner re-forecast 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.
· Report variances & action plan in store size service levels & store cover ratios.
2. Post Mortem:
· Collaborating with the merchant planner to review the previous season's zero-based plan (ZBP) in order to conclude the previous seasons missed opportunities.
· Summarize in a post-mortem the previous seasons performance (sub department. store season KPI's, grade & portfolio) based off current trade reports & compile key lessons learnt.
· 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.
3. Seasonal Strategy:
· Collaborating with the merchant planner develop a seasonal strategy for the sub department which will include strategic objectives & a top line financial plan which is aligned to the previous seasons post mortem & growth opportunities in comparable, new, enhanced stores as well as reduced & discontinued stores.
· Contribute to the strategy discussion & aggregate the seasonal strategy to be presented to the management team ensuring it is aligned to key company growth initiatives.
4. Building an Assortment:
· Collaborating with the merchant planner build the assortment plan in order to balance the assortment back to key strategic store requirements.
· Amend where required store grading & unit buys in order to finalize assortment to buy.
· Contribute to the preparation of the required presentation documents in order to articulate variances to strategy in respect of profiles, grades & stores.
5. Product Allocation/Stock Allocation:
· Collaborate with Trainee Location Planner &/or Junior Location Planner to ensure all store performance deviations are actioned prior to final allocation finalization.
· Adjust & balance the forward allocations checking that required units per store are met & that the strategic assortment shape is executed as per the OTS (Open to Ship) plan.
· Monitor units being accrued for new store openings & report on variances.
· Perform store consolidations in order to optimize store stock levels.
6. Coaching & Development:
· Provide direction & mentorship to Trainee's, Juniors and Location planners