Senior Retail Planner

Accountable to the Planning Senior Manager, the role maximizes sales opportunities and manages stock risk (markdown and terminal stock) that will deliver the net margin budget.

Plan and re-forecast sales and stock from top line budget, in line with the store grade and within agreed target and KPI’s, for the assigned channel / country, working with key departments / stakeholders to produce strategic and profitable retail plans.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Accountable to the Planning Senior Manager, to facilitate the execution of sales and stock strategies and to deal with any issues as and when they arise.
• Be a liaison point for head office and country retail teams to optimize sales and stock strategies
• Partner with the Merchandise Planning, Buying and Regional Merchants to identify any stock issues at store level suggesting and taking corrective actions to drive sales.
• Work with the Allocation team to set up and adapt replenishment / Initial Allocation parameters and to guarantee that the correct products are readily available in the correct locations within the correct time based both on historical sales data and current trend.
• Take a proactive role to innovate and review existing planning processes at a tactical or strategic level.
• Have a product and commercial input in all tasks and demonstrate a knowledge of retail dynamics for the accountable region / country.
• Develop a close working relationship with other functions to help deliver strategy - increased sales, improved full price sell through, reduced markdown and increased profit.

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Benefits

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