About the Role
You will play a pivotal support role to the Planning team in maximising sales through effective planning, quantification, analysis, and proactive management of financials.
This will include forecasting projections for ongoing ranges, achieving ongoing in stock targets and calculating size curves by product hierarchy. This role seeks to provide the Planning Team with insightful reporting & analysis to improve productivity at all levels.

Planning across a growing category means you need to be a robust and confident stakeholder manager who can network, engage with and foster relationships across the business. You are highly numerate and analytical and love to trade your business efficiently and effectively.

Your manager will provide you with high levels of guidance and development opportunities that will allow you to hone your planning and analysis skills and build on your existing planning foundations.

Key Responsibilities

Analysis of department, class, sub-class and product performance to identify trends, and what action needs to be taken

Management of stock holdings to minimise inefficient stock
Develop exit strategies for slow moving lines
Ensure store and online performance is maximised through accurate stock levels and regular stock deliveries
Raising and managing seasonal retail orders
Post-seasonal review and performance analysis

Achieve business objectives through analysis, reporting & measurement of sales, margin and inventory

Run key Monday reports,



analysing the data to give suggestions to the planning team.
Collate promotion and markdown lists, communicate with wider team the plans and upload pricing to AP21 system.
Review key essential and program styles regularly to ensure we achieve our in-stock targets.

Stock management using Allocation tool to select appropriate stores and weeks cover in line with department plans and business strategy
Liaising with key external and internal stakeholders to ensure all allocation deadlines are met
Maintain delivery schedules to drive intake and allocation decisions
Management of Core and Seasonal stock allocations
Work with Planner to produce appropriate sizing ratios for seasonal use
Manage targeted store stocks (models) of all products
Run replenishment twice weekly
Issue Consolidation Reports on styles when necessary

Item registration and Purchase Order management

Knowledge & Experience

A minimum of one to two years in either role to be considered.

Tertiary qualifications in business / marketing / retail
Specific experience in a high SKU department is highly desirable
Data driven with a high attention to detail
Analytical capability - this role requires you to be able to support the Planner and adjacent teams with reporting and detailed analysis
Excel is your friend best friend! You must be comfortable navigating Excel and using it to manipulate data
You are passionate about our brand and products: Retail is what you love and where you want to be

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