SUMMARY:
Being a successful Ladies Apparel Planner comes with years of experience in reviewing forecasts, using past performances to make projections, managing inventory to maximize profitability and so much more.
Our client understands and appreciates this.
They are an international brand and are offering a 2-year contract opportunity to work from their offices in Melbourne, Australia.
This is an ideal opportunity to gain international experience and broaden your horizons.
POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS
- Min 3 years relevant retail experience in a Planning role with apparel
- Strong financial/commercial business acumen with proven track record of effective stock management in a fashion business
- Ability to coach, develop and lead a team with strong analytical skills
- Lead by example and provide support and mentoring to the Planning team
- Effective negotiation, influencing, planning and organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure, working to tight deadlines
- Knowledge of the High Street competitors and able to form educated opinions to effect commercial decisions
- High attention to detail and able to manage key relationships effectively to deliver business strategy
- Understands the customer and understand all critical path elements and impact on delivery
- Team player, confident and engaging communicator with the ability to deliver presentations and influence key stake holders
- Strong Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel)
DUTIES
- Achieve financial parameters and targets across appropriate categories
- Respond to sales and external market activity to maximise sale opportunities
- Maximise profit and minimise risk through stock management and realistic sales and profit forecasts with regular review and appropriate action.
- Monitor and review product balances, manage future orders where sales patterns vary to original framework, ensuring trend investment and delivery
- Review and monitor range plans regularly with Buyer.
- Initiate change to planning processes/systems ensuring improved profit performance.
- Generate ideas to improve sales and profit performance.
- Manage the in-season open to buy at department/category/season level
- Drive margin management through control of markdowns & promotional activity
- Manage terminal stock targets driving trading decisions minimising profit loss.
- Planning a strategic framework in conjunction with Buyer and Planning Manager for:
- Sales and profit, margin management, mark-down, promotional spend, pricing, store ranging, seasonal terminal targets, production plans etc.
- Produce commercial and balanced range planning framework, which reflects departmental strategy and agreed KPI’s
- Incorporate space planning and relevant departmental store budget proposals into the planning process to meet store and climatic requirements.
- Work with the Buyer to regularly assess impact to the forward planning framework
- End of month/post season, work with the Buyer to identify opportunities
- Ensure Production Managers are updated monthly on production space requirements
- Maximise team performance through effective people management
- Develop the skills of the team by identifying individual training needs and develop individuals to secure succession planning initiatives
- Construct a well-balanced range framework which offers the right mix of category
- Ensure a clear price architecture which drives maximum sales and profit
- Monitor rate of sales to ensure depth and width is applied to range build process.
- Provide business summaries of high-level range balances highlighting risks
- Ensure is allocated to store based on philosophy of right store, right stock, right time.
- Oversee the stock build of new stores in a manner that maximises store potential.
- Liaise with supply chain and production, monitoring commitment and intake
- Setting of new store product plans based on targets and store demographics
- In-season reviews of profit return versus space invested and sales
- Workplace Health & Safety complying with the company policies and procedures
Salary: R dependent on experience
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