Sportscraft - Assistant Planner

Apg-; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Apg- is seeking a planning-focused analyst to back the Planning team in maximising sales through effective planning, forecasting, and stock control. You will provide insightful reporting and analysis to improve productivity across the business and help optimise in-stock performance.

You will engage with internal stakeholders, manage allocations, and support seasonal replenishment and markdown strategies while developing your planning foundations under guidance for career development.

Qualifications

• A minimum of one to two years in either role to be considered.
• Data driven with a high attention to detail.
• Analytical capability to support the Planner and adjacent teams with reporting and detailed analysis.
• Excel is your friend best friend; you must be comfortable manipulating data.

Responsibilities

• Analysis of department, class, sub-class and product performance to identify trends and action.
• 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 and measurement of sales, margin and inventory.
• Run key Monday reports, analyse data to give planning team suggestions.
• Collate promotion and markdown lists, communicate plans and upload pricing to AP21 system.
• Review key essential and program styles to achieve in-stock targets.
• Stock allocation via allocation tool and liaise with stakeholders to meet deadlines.
• Maintain delivery schedules to drive intake and allocation decisions.
• Manage Core and Seasonal stock allocations; work with Planner on sizing ratios.

Skills

Stock management

Data analysis

Excel

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Education

Business/Marketing/Retail degree

Tools

AP21 system

Job description

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 strong 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 yourfriendbest 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