Promotions Forecasting & Planning Lead

Clicks Group Limited; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Clicks Group Limited is seeking a Promotions Planning Manager to lead the Promotional demand and forecasting team at the Cape Town head office. You will drive accuracy, collaborate with senior leaders, and align promotional strategies with merchandise plans to improve stock efficiency and working capital.

You will oversee weekly and monthly forecasting, open-to-buy validation, and promotional analytics, guiding decision making across stakeholders and suppliers to deliver the business plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with emphasis on business/finance.
• Strong analytical and forecasting capabilities required.
• Experience in promotions planning and retail forecasting advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing Promotions Planning team.
• Collaborate with category and senior leadership on forecasting improvements.
• Partner with Merchandise Executives on promotional sales tracking and OP.
• Manage promotional forecast volume changes and tracking.
• Provide forecasts aligned to open-to-buy and budgets.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Data analysis

MS Office Excel

Problem solving

Retail math

Change management

MS Word

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business/finance

Tools

JDA

Job description

Clicks Group Limited is seeking a Promotions Planning Manager to lead the Promotional demand and forecasting team at the Cape Town head office. You will drive accuracy, collaborate with senior leaders, and align promotional strategies with merchandise plans to improve stock efficiency and working capital.

You will oversee weekly and monthly forecasting, open-to-buy validation, and promotional analytics, guiding decision making across stakeholders and suppliers to deliver the business plan.