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.
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Senior Location Planner Power Fashion Talent Pool
About this role
Requirements
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.
Duties
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