Inventory Planner: Demand Forecasting & Replenishment

takealot.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Junior Planner to join our Cape Town team. You will manage demand planning, inventory, and budgeting to support revenue and margin goals within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You will partner with analytics, tech, and product teams to optimize stock, forecast accuracy, and supplier performance, while driving process improvements and a superior customer experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Commerce, Finance, Mathematics or Economics (degree preferable).
• 1 to 3 years retail planning experience.
• Proven track record in spend management (OTB, Margin management, markdown controls).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the In-stock function including demand planning, ordering and capacity management in line with department strategy.
• Deliver accurate insights and reports on a timely basis for decisions on revenue and margin plans.
• Create sustainable In-stock systems and processes with central analytics, technical and product teams.
• Plan management to support department procurement cycles including seasonality, promotions, reaction, import purchasing & continual replenishment.
• Develop the bottom-up budgeting plan cycle and reviews in line with performance, margin, stock turn & departmental strategy objectives.
• Own and compile the annual retail sales budget, quarterly plan, working plan and ongoing reforecasting at category and product levels.
• Manage end to end inventory availability and inventory health including improved in-stock rates, inventory planning and warehouse space management.
• Drive process improvement and operational excellence within our supplier base by reducing costs, defects and lead times, while increasing automation and economies of scale.
• Drive complex business analysis to identify opportunities to improve cost structure and profitability.
• Support operations in delivering a world-class customer experience – monitor returns, defects and write offs and assist customer queries.

Job description

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is seeking a Junior Planner to join our Cape Town team. You will manage demand planning, inventory, and budgeting to support revenue and margin goals within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You will partner with analytics, tech, and product teams to optimize stock, forecast accuracy, and supplier performance, while driving process improvements and a superior customer experience.