Retail Assistant Planner

Takealot Group a leading South African online retailer is looking for a highly talented Assistant Planner to join our team at our Cape Town offices.

We are a young dynamic hyper growth company looking for smart creative hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your experience.

This person will assist and support all Planners and Senior Planners with all merchandise planning activities.

Role reports to: Head of Planning

Key responsibilities:(What are you directlyresponsible to achievewithin the scope of yourrole)

Placing supplier orders
Assisting Planners with the following:
Oversee the in-stock function including demandplanning ordering and capacity management inline with department strategy
Deliver accurate insights and reports on a timelybasis on which department managers can basecommercial decisions and deliver on revenueand margin plans
Create sustainable in-stock systems andprocesses in partnership with central analyticstechnical and product teams
Compiling the annual retail sales budgetquarterly plan working plan as well as on-goingforecasting at category and product levels toensure budgets are achieved
Managing end to end inventory availability andinventory health including: improved in-stockrates (availability) inventory planning atcategorisation systematic forecasting markdownand clearance provisions return to supplieractivities and warehouse space management

Attributes :

Supplier Order Management
Purchase orders and supplier contracts
Order tracking documentation and logs
Supplier performance reports
Cost savings and negotiation outcome reports

Inventory Planning Support
Weekly/monthly stock level reports
Demand forecasts by category/product
Capacity planning documents
Stock availability alerts and recommendations
Replenishment schedules

Analytics and Reporting
In-stock performance dashboards
Inventory turnover reports
Sales trend analysis
Margin performance by category
Exception reports for inventory issues
Root cause analysis for stock problems

Systems and Processes
Process flow documentation
Standard operating procedures
System enhancement recommendations
Training materials for inventory processes
Best practice guidelines

Financial Planning
Annual retail sales budgets
Quarterly category performance plans
Rolling forecasts at product level
Budget vs. actual variance reports
Financial impact assessments of inventory decisions

Inventory Health Management
In-stock rate metrics and improvement plans
Inventory aging analysis
Markdown and clearance plans
RTV (Return to Vendor) documentation
Warehouse space utilization reports
Obsolete inventory identification reports
Seasonal transition plans

Minimum RequiredQualification & Experience :

• Bachelors Degree or Advanced Diploma (CommerceFinance Mathematics or Economics degree preferable)

• At least 1- 2 year related retail / commerce merchandiseexperience

• Excel sheets knowledge

Skills knowledge &abilities :

• Strong willingness to learn
• Entrepreneurial / Commercial mindse
• Attention to detail
• Organized and ability to prioritize
• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

The Environment:

• employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic smart customer- centric fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun work hard take ownership work in teams to create solutions and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers its all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind whois Smart has Integrityand is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities to apply.