Merchandise Planning Manager - Home Accessories

Tesco Hungary; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a Merchandise Planning Manager for their Home Accessories team in Welwyn Garden City. This role involves planning budgets, managing stock intake, and leading a high-performing team. Candidates should have experience in commercial merchandising and be proficient in data analysis and stakeholder management. A flexible working model is offered to support work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Inclusive recruitment process

Support for career development

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial merchandising and category management.
• Strong capabilities in WSSI management and trade planning.
• Proven history of managing and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement top line budgets across Region, Country and Channel.
• Build customer/market insight led ranges with buyers.
• Manage Weekly Sales & Stock Intake (WSSI) and adjust forecasts.

Skills

Influencing and stakeholder management

Range and trade planning

Data analysis and numeracy

MS Office (specifically Excel)

Commercial merchandising experience

Leading and developing teams

Tools

Merchandising systems

Job description

We are delighted to share that we are actively recruiting for a Merchandise Planning Manager in our Home Accessories team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and implementing the top line budgets across Region, Country and Channel, ensuring that sales, profit and stock management KPI's are delivered in line with the company strategy.

This is a great opportunity for someone who has multi-channel experience and looking for their next step in Merchandising.

- Building customer/ market insight led ranges for my department with buying colleagues

- Owning departmental range building process (working with SRD), ensuring the best range to meet customer and Tesco’s needs (inc. maximising sales, profit density and space) always looking for opportunities and identifying gaps

-Ensuring the ranging process (inc. range changes) for my department adheres to the critical path, meets customer needs. Contributing to the post launch review process

- Delivering my part in the category trade and events plan (and associated sales, markdown, and margin targets), adapting the plan in response to market changes

-Working with buying! suppliers to confirm department capacity requirements and order management critical path

- Managing departmental Weekly Sales & Stock Intake (WSSI), addressing gaps between forecast and budget and highlight risks and opportunities

-Creating exit plans to clear stock (inc. markdowns) in line with CAYG guidelines whilst optimising profitability

- Overseeing Monday Trade Reporting and linked meetings! next step actioning in response to trading conditions including changes to weekly pricing/ markdown

- Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.

- Forecasting and managing my budgets effectively, always being cost conscious.

- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

-Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them their opportunity to do their best

Operational skills relevant for this job:

- Influencing and stakeholder management

- Range and trade planning

-Range building process

- WSSI Management

- Data analysis and numeracy

- MS Office (esp. Excel)

-Merchandising systems

Experience relevant for this job:

-Commercial merchandising experience

-Category management (from strategy/planning to exit management)

-WSSI management

- Range and trade planning

- Leading and developing teams

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