Retail Planning & Analytics Leader

AVI Limited; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Spitz in Bryanston, Johannesburg seeks a Planning Executive to lead commercial planning, forecasting and inventory strategies across categories and channels. You will translate business strategy into integrated financial and merchandise planning frameworks and drive data-informed decision making at a senior level.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in retail analytics or planning and 5+ years in merchandise planning and forecasting, with a proven ability to improve stock productivity, reporting

Qualifications

• 10+ years in retail, commercial analytics, planning or related functions.
• 5+ years in merchandise planning and forecasting.
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce or related field; postgraduate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial planning across categories and channels.
• Translate strategy into integrated financial and merchandise planning frameworks.
• Analyse trading performance and product trends to identify opportunities and risks.
• Improve forecasting capability, inventory productivity, reporting frameworks and commercial responsiveness.
• Oversee data interpretation and BI reporting to support decisions.

Skills

Merchandise planning

Forecasting

Data analytics

Commercial analytics

Advanced Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Power BI

Reporting

AI-enabled reporting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Business Science, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Supply Chain, Data Analytics or related field

Postgraduate qualification advantageous

Tools

Power BI

Planning systems

Forecasting systems

Job description

Spitz in Bryanston, Johannesburg seeks a Planning Executive to lead commercial planning, forecasting and inventory strategies across categories and channels. You will translate business strategy into integrated financial and merchandise planning frameworks and drive data-informed decision making at a senior level.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in retail analytics or planning and 5+ years in merchandise planning and forecasting, with a proven ability to improve stock productivity, reporting