Planner

Job Description

Key Responsibility:

• Assist in the preparation of buying budgets and assortment plans based on historical data, trends, and seasonal insights.
• Forecast demand and manage inventory levels for the assigned department, ensuring alignment with sales targets and merchandise plans.
• Monitor sales and stock performance to ensure the achievement of first price sell-through, gross margin, and markdown objectives.
• Maintain availability of CORE products at all times and ensure balanced merchandise mix across store formats.
• Coordinate with the buying team to support product launches, new category introductions, and timely replenishment strategies.
• Conduct weekly inter-store consolidations to improve stock productivity and minimize excess inventory.
• Analyze stock-to-sales ratios, highlight variances, and flag inventory concerns to the Planning Manager and relevant buying stakeholders.
• Collaborate with retail and merchandising teams to review weekly business reports and recommend corrective actions for underperforming areas.
• Support the tracking of KPIs such as LFL (like-for-like) growth, inventory turnover, and margin realization.
• Ensure effective coordination between stores, buying, and logistics teams to maintain stock health and optimize allocation.
  
  

• 5 years of experience in merchandise planning, inventory management, or supply chain roles within the retail industry.
• Proficient in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Oracle, MS Excel and other MS applications.
• Strong analytical and forecasting skills with a solid understanding of retail stock planning and replenishment cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Retail, or a related field.