Planner - Corporate - Merchandise

Business Needs Analysis

• To monitor, analyse, interpret, and mine all sources of relevant data to develop a comprehensive understanding of the business needs around the category and identify ideal profiles for stores, suppliers, and ranges.

Generating Solutions

• To identify opportunities/issues in order to generate effective solutions to achieve budgeted sales, stock, and margins aimed at optimising the financial results of the category.

Supply Chain Management

• To manage the end-to-end supply chain process regarding category - from forecasting of sales, profit, and stock to management of margins, sales, stock, ranges, suppliers.

Supplier Performance

• To participate in supplier performance reviews and influence appropriate action to ensure that set supplier KPIs are achieved.

Team Influencing

• To play a leading role in managing and implementing initiatives at functional level and ensuring effective performance within the support team.

Network Influencing

• To build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and connect people to enable delivery of the strategy.

To uphold and promote the company values and culture.