Title: Allocator
Reporting to: Senior Specialist Planner
Purpose: To allocate stock to stores and to provide general administrative support to the planning team.
Duties:
- Ensure accurate and timeous allocation of performance-based stock as per store plan and in line with stock levels.
- Ensure accurate and timeous allocation of advertising stock as per store plan and in line with stock levels.
- Ensure timeous reservation of stock for new store allocations as per plan and monitor and follow up deliveries to stores.
- Ensure timeous allocation and clearance of leftover warehouse stock.
- Ensure on-time and professional resolution of all queries.
- Proactively monitor trade and facilitate accurate and appropriate actions, providing progress updates at appropriate intervals.
- Provide accurate, on-time, and professional administrative support to planners (e.g., data capturing, photocopying, preparation of reports and meeting packs, etc.).
Qualifications and experience:
- A minimum educational standard of Grade 12.
- At least three years of retail experience in a similar role.
- Working knowledge of key allocation principles (Replen experience advantageous).
- Computer literacy (MS Office).
- MS Excel proficiency preferred (the role will require role-related analysis in Excel spreadsheets).
- English language skills.
- Working knowledge of the merchandise planning process and systems.
- Basic understanding of the Queenspark brand.
Behavioral Competencies:
- High attention to detail.
- Pro-active and quick learner.
- Flexible and adaptable in relation to duties and working hours.
- Ability to multitask.
- Ability to communicate well with all internal and external stakeholders.
- Systematic and organised.
- Inquisitive and problem solver.
- Time management.
- Deadline driven.
- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to R21700,00 per month
Education:
Experience:
- Marketing Coordinator: 2 years (Required).
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