Senior Inventory & Planning Leader

Italtile; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Italtile is seeking an experienced Senior Retail Stock Planner to manage nationwide stock across stores. You will create stock plans by merch category, monitor levels, and ensure correct quantities at the right stores and times. The role requires independent work and accountability.

Responsibilities include setting targets with the CTM Tile Range Manager, managing replenishment, lifecycle planning, and rolling forecasts to suppliers. Strong data analysis and ERP/Excel skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in retail planning with at least 3 years at senior level.
• Commercially sound and analytical.
• Ability to understand and interpret business reports and financial statements to aid KPI achievement.
• Self-starter, solution oriented with high attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Team player to work with various stakeholders and drive planning team growth.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the planning department from an operational and strategic perspective, driving performance, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with the CTM Tile Range Manager to set annual stock holding, stock turn, sales, inventory and GP targets.
• Manage replenishment settings to ensure stores carry the right stock, at the right time, in the right quantities.
• Oversee product lifecycle planning, including new launches, phase-outs, discontinued lines, promotional stock and clearance activity.
• Provide rolling forecasts and stock plans to suppliers to support production, replenishment and phase-out requirements.
• Track in-stocks, orders, back orders, lead times and supplier service levels, ensuring timely corrective follow-up where required.
• Use historical data and Operational Leader input to ensure store assortments are aligned to local target markets.
• Work with Operational Leaders to manage aged stock within agreed targets and support execution of reduction plans.
• Design and maintain KPI reporting, financial review packs, board updates and ad-hoc analysis required by the business.
• Use ERP, planning systems, Excel and BI/reporting tools to analyse trends, identify exceptions and support data-led commercial decisions.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandise on revamps and relocations to ensure assortments and stock levels support strategic objectives.
• Conduct regular store visits to support execution of promotions, assortment improvements and aged-stock reduction.
• Drive a collaborative, high-performance planning culture that supports broader Italtile Group alignment.

Skills

Stock planning

Forecasting

KPI reporting

Data analysis

ERP

Excel

BI reporting

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

BI/reporting tools

Job description

Italtile is seeking an experienced Senior Retail Stock Planner to manage nationwide stock across stores. You will create stock plans by merch category, monitor levels, and ensure correct quantities at the right stores and times. The role requires independent work and accountability.

Responsibilities include setting targets with the CTM Tile Range Manager, managing replenishment, lifecycle planning, and rolling forecasts to suppliers. Strong data analysis and ERP/Excel skills are essential.