Store Planner

ZipRecruiter; Street; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A footwear company in Somerset is seeking a professional to optimize store performance and manage stock through commercial analysis and strategic planning. Responsibilities include monitoring sales, analyzing stock levels, and ensuring that all stores meet their targets. Ideal candidates will have experience in retail, strong analytical, and communication skills. Join a brand with a rich heritage and opportunity for career progression.

Benefits

Great training

Career progression

Qualifications

• Experienced with Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Good analytical skills to understand data and make decisions.
• Experience in retail or customer service environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor store performance and stock requirements.
• Produce analysis and recommendations for sales performance.
• Manage stock levels and delivery volumes.
• Respond to queries from business areas.
• Ensure correct stock for new stores and refits.
• Develop relationships with key internal stakeholders.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Excel skills

SAP

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

Location :

Street, Somerset BA16 0EQ, Monday - Thursday

Friday: Remote

Job Description

Optimising store performance through sound commercial analysis whilst providing a point of contact in relation to product ranges and stock packages.

Accountabilities

• Monitor store performance to identify and deliver stock/range requirements to improve trading position.
• Produce accurate and timely analysis, make recommendations, and take action on any necessary changes to maximise sales performance.
• Monitor stock levels and manage delivery and stock volumes to avoid and/or correct any over/under stock issues.
• Receive and respond to queries from aligned business areas to meet agreed service levels and deliver commercial requirements.
• Deliver process for new stores, refits, relocated stores, and transfers of ownership to ensure correct stock and range is available to enable delivery of sales targets.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key internal stakeholders to understand priorities, drive consistency of approach, and ensure alignment.
• Deliver ‘stores on hold’ process to manage and resolve overstock issues.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Experienced with Microsoft office with good Excel skills and ability to use SAP, BW.
• Good communication skills, written, on the phone and face to face.
• Good analytical skills with ability to review, understanding data and make decisions.
• Experience working within a retail or customer services environment

About Clarks

Two brothers, a small town, and shoes that changed the world. Based in Somerset, England, Clarks has redefined shoemaking since its foundation in 1825, when James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts and forever transformed the future of footwear.

Sparking revolutions and defining , our archive of over 25,000 shoes includes the inimitable Clarks Desert Boot and Clarks Wallabee. And every pair we design today uses the same ground-breaking combination of invention and craftsmanship that started it all.

Progress is woven into our DNA. Whether we’re pioneering cutting-edge comfort technologies, championing social change, or working on trailblazing collaborations with cultural icons and KOLs, we’re always striding forward.

Join us in 2025 as we celebrate 200 years of giving people the freedom to move comfortably, proudly commemorating our legacy of craft, innovation, and impact – and looking boldly ahead, too.

Why join us?

At Clarks, you’ll be part of a brand with heritage, craftsmanship, and style at its core. We offer great training, career progression, and the chance to make your mark in a global business.

This document describes the general nature and level of work only. It is not designed to cover an exhaustive list of all skills, activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Other activities, duties, and responsibilities may be added at any time. This description may be changed at the company’s discretion at any time, with or without notice.