Are you a skilled Central Product Planning Analyst with a background in retail clothing and a passion for driving product profitability? Our client, a leader in the Retail sector, is seeking a Central Product Planning Analyst to join their team. In this role, you’ll provide valuable merchandise insights, support strategic planning, and play a vital role in optimizing product performance. If you’re detail-oriented, analytical, and excited to contribute to impactful merchandise decisions, this is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic retail environment
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Governance of Company Product Plans
- Reviews market share data and provide insights.
- Provides input into 5-year company plans (Pre-Season)
- Provides visibility of all KPI’s impacting the proposed plan
- Reporting on deviations (in season)
- Highlight risk and drift to our plans at seasonality level continually during merch cycle
- Tracks compound annual growth
- Highlighting calendar shifts to Business (weekly)
Analysis and Merchandise Insights
- Providing accurate basket insights to all SBU’s leading up to Strategic Intent upon request
- Analyze RLC data
- Provides insight to stakeholders to review and compare market sales (monthly)
- Provides insights on strategic initiatives Character
- Communicate effectively to influence Merchant teams based on insights gathered to ensure the Company merchandise strategy is impacted positively.
Reporting
- Reporting monthly on Management pack
- Weekly Merchandise deck on product performance
- Adhoc reporting based on business need
- Communicate effectively to relevant stakeholders ensuring in line with Simplicity
- Continuously and creatively enhance the method of reporting to ensure we remain relevant to ourinternal Customer
Governance of Planning processes and policies
- Maintaining product hierarchy and ensure compliance in line with the company naming policy (Bi-annually and before strategic intent)
- To effectively govern, create and update product planning processes and polices across themerchandise divisions.
- Actively identifying and addressing pressure points in Company policies and processes.
- Identifying and documenting new planning processes and policies to ensure Governance
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Essential:
- A minimum of 3+ years of Product experience within a clothing retail environment
- Working experience in planning systems such as Merchandise Financial Plans
- Working experience in the latest Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint & Advanced Excel)
Preferred :
- Experience working in planning systems such as Assortment Planning, & and replenishment (2-3 years)
- Exposure to Business Intelligence Systems
- Exposure to Basket analysis
- Previous exposure to and understanding of logistics and supply chain processes
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Essential:
- A Grade 12 Certificate/Matric
- B. Comm./ B. Science degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics and/or Business Science OR
- National Diploma majoring in Internal Auditing and/or Cost and Management Accounting OR
- National Diploma in Financial Information Systems OR
- National Diploma/ degree in Business/Retail/Merchandise Management or Accounting/Finance
KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- Knowledge of the Retail merchandise cycle in terms of Buying, Planning, Logistics and Stores
- Knowledge of the retail and merchandise planning processes
- Knowledge of seasonal & replenishment products
- Knowledge of the SA retail clothing market, customers, and competitors
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