Cape Town: Junior Merchandise Planner posted by Carrol Boyes
Posted on 2025-05-06 00:00:00
| Employer | Carrol Boyes |
|---|---|
| Category | Other Clearing and Forwarding |
| Location | Western Cape / Cape Town |
Job Summary
Essential duties and responsibilities
To effectively apply Best Practice and efficient processes to ensure that finished goods are available to meet Customer and Channel demand, at the right stock location whilst minimizing Cost
- Financial
- Effectively manage stock levels to ensure that they are in line with expected volumes in conjunction with the sales plan for all channels
- Stock management
- Ensure Timeous ordering of stock in line with forecast
- Display quick reaction to change in trading patterns and update future orders accordingly
- Develop and maintain effective clearance strategy, liaising with each channel to determine Deals / Sales planning
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the production / buying process e.g. Lead times, costing etc.
- Constantly reassess current systems and processes and propose enhancements
- Strive for best practice, constantly benchmarking against competitors locally and internationally
- Identify specific action steps and accountabilities
- Systems and processes
- Reassess current systems and processes and propose enhancements for optimisation in the area
- Benchmark against competitors locally and internationally to ensure best practice
- Drive innovation to enhance productivity, effectiveness and efficiency
- Develop order source information to accurately reflect the order source across each marketing campaign
- Reporting
- Produce timeous, accurate, and concise monthly reports
- Communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
- Ensure data integrity and consistent use of agreed variables
- Effective weekly reporting in weekly sales meeting and other ExCo related reporting
- Analysis and range planning
- Develop effective analytical tools to drive area performance
- Effectively utilize information and systems to develop and implement plans
- Consistent and logical use of appropriate information to back up ideas and proposals
- Logically rationalise testing of product
- Product knowledge & trade instinct
- Ensure balanced range across newness and bestselling formulas
- Critically appraise past success and failures
- Keep up to date on local and international retail trends and anticipate changes
- Apply above in decision making o Identify competitors, monitor their activities closely
- Drive appropriate and effective testing of concepts and products
- Any other duties which the Supervisor may require
- 3-5 year’s experience within a similar position
- Entrepreneurial, creative merchant-style of thinking with strong business acumen / trader mentality
- Matric
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain and/or Finance preferrable
Required
- Detail oriented Able to show Initiative
- Able to Deal with pressure Energetic and Engaging Results Focused
- Able to show personal integrity, business ethics and values An Analytical thinker
- Valid RSA drivers license;
- Willing to travel internationally;
- Possess a valid passport at all times;
- No flying or travel restrictions (health or legal).
- High energy levels and focus
- Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
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