Inventory Planner
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Job Description
Love retail but want to take your skills beyond the shop floor This is your chance to be at the heart of the action!!!!
Come and join the fast paced and exciting environment in the Buying Team at Support Office. Be first to see new products and bring your store knowledge to the table to make a real impact with how we launch them. Help us improve the way we do things for our team and our customers. Get involved in new store planning attend Mates Rates nights to stay connected and get your store fix. If youre full of ideas love problem solving and want to be part of a great team this role is perfect for you!
As the Inventory Planner you will work closely with the Product Manager and Marketing and Online Team to ensure the demand management and inventory planning and supply is adequate to service customer needs while minimizing working inventory investment by assessing demand activity. The planner will reflect demand changes in our planning systems to ensure high accuracy of forecast needs inventory records item usage history and forecasting files.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop inventory management plans to support day to day operations product launches and promotions
- Creating purchase orders to suppliers within category open to buy
- Constant interaction with sales and assessment of demand requirements. Reflect changes in SKU level forecasts
- Conduct financial risk assessments on perspective purchases
- Support the retail store network with all inventory related enquires
- Conduct root cause analysis when necessary
- Identify current and potential product shortages develop and execute recovery advise interested parties of status and recovery plans
- Maintain and update master files items vendors pricing etc
- Coordinate SKU level unit forecasts within agreed to Product Category revenue expectations
- Achieve consensus on operating plans and inventory goals
- Provide reports and requested information to product manager as needed
- Develop systems and procedures required to meet service and inventory turn objectives
- Build rapport and manage the relationships with suppliers
- Assist product manager in category promotional activity across ATL and BTL
- Maintain store merchandising planograms
- Assist Product Manager in developing new merchandising material (POS) as required and to work with the category development team on .
Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Business Accounting or equivalent education and experience (preferred but not essential)
- Retail industry experience
- Strong skills in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables vlookups hlookups)
- Strong analytical skills creating and interpreting sales and profit reports
- Ability to build relationships with suppliers and stakeholders
- Good understanding of Master Data and Databases
- Good understanding of Supply Chain Metrics
Additional Information :
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity with us please click apply and upload your CV. All applications are strictly confidential.
JB HiFi Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a work environment that promotes diversity and inclusion. If this opportunity excites you (even if you feel that you dont meet 100 of the criteria) please dont hesitate to apply!
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
