Assistant Planner

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London - UK

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 5 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Assistant Planner plays a key role in supporting each market with a wellbalanced product assortment that reflects sales performance and broader business priorities. By taking a proactive approach to stock allocation and rebalancing the role helps ensure products reach the right stores at the right time maximising availability and supporting commercial success. Through strong analytical support and close collaboration with crossfunctional teams the Assistant Planner contributes to a smooth responsive and insightdriven stock planning process. 

Main Responsibilities:

  • Support the allocation of product across the store network in line with established stock models helping to maintain strong availability and balanced inventory levels. 

  • Assist the Manager in tracking and planning Service Levels and execute weekly and daily when required allocations of global stock to new and existing Stores Wholesalers and Partners including special business requests ensuring alignment with global market priorities and objectives.   

  • Monitor stock positions by store and SKU highlighting where adjustments or rebalancing may improve availability or reduce excess. 

  • Contribute to the review of stock models by analysing sales trends variability and store performance providing datadriven insight to inform potential adjustments. 

  • Identify emerging risks such as shortages overstock or missed demand ensuring these are raised promptly to support effective decisionmaking. 

  • Assist in assessing future supply against expected demand to anticipate availability challenges and support early mitigation. 

  • Provide analytical input to continuity and production planning discussions ensuring stock and demand considerations are clearly represented. 

  • Work closely with Logistics Quality Control and Supply Chain teams to support delivery prioritisation replenishment flows and shipment planning. 

  • Help ensure stock movements align with commercial priorities and contribute to a smooth coordinated flow of product. 

  • Support the coordination of stock for campaigns photoshoots and events ensuring product availability aligns with business needs and timelines. 

  • Maintain regular reporting on stock availability stock model fulfilment and inventory health ensuring key stakeholders have clear visibility of performance and risks. 

  • Produce adhoc analysis to support trading supply and stock management decisions. 

  • Build effective working relationships across Supply Chain Logistics regional teams and other partners to support a collaborative approach to maximising availability and sales. 

  • Contribute to continuous improvement across stock planning processes and ways of working. 


Qualifications :

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to take full responsibility for demand planning and pricing strategy execution. 

  • Excellent understanding of luxury retail dynamics market trends and customer behaviour. 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities clearly defining objectives expectations and standards for demand forecasting and pricing initiatives. 

  • Ability to foster a collaborative environment encouraging team members to innovate and take ownership of their work. 

  • Proven ability to build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure cohesive and successful execution of demand planning and pricing initiatives. 

  • Demonstrates a proactive and accountable mindset continuously seeking and implementing innovative solutions to enhance demand forecasting and pricing strategies. 

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite particularly Excel and experience with inventory management systems is a plus. 

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team detail-oriented with strong organizational skills. 


Additional Information :

  • Act Like an Owner:Take full responsibility for the demand planning and pricing strategy and execution ensuring alignment with business goals. 

  • Create Clarity:Clearly define objectives expectations and standards for demand forecasting and pricing initiatives. Communicate effectively to ensure alignment and understanding across teams. 

  • Empower Teams:Foster a collaborative environment where team members are encouraged to innovate and take ownership of their work. 

  • Succeed Together:Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure cohesive and successful execution of demand planning and pricing initiatives. 

  • Challenge Conventions:Continuously seek and implement innovative solutions to enhance demand forecasting and pricing strategies. Be open to new ways of thinking and encourage creativity within the team. 

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Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

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