Demand Planner (OMNI)

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Clicks Group

An exciting opportunity has opened up within our OMNI Team for a Demand Planner, if you are a superstar in the making and are looking for an opportunity to grow within the ECommerce space, then this might be the opportunity for you!

• To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges
• To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management
• To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.)
• To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks and determine inventory and replenishment requirements
• To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals to analyze forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimisation
• To effectively analyze post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition
• To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders to enhance key insights and decisions taken
• To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed to improve sales history
• To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision-making to assist the Category Team in determining the optimal range
• To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin and stock targets

• Causal factor determination and event-driven adjustments
• Deep analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to build relationships and drive consensus and collaboration across functional groups
• Business math acumen and analysis to comprehend financial information and reporting to make business decisions
• Forecasting consumer trends and buying habits 9 - 24 months in the future
• Complex decision making based on statistics, trends and opinions
• Presentation skills with focus being on oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency on MS Office Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point, spreadsheets, databases
• Complex Problem solving

Retail mathematical calculations (e.g. variance to last year, percent of total, turn, Open-to-Buy and sales per square foot)

Strong negotiating and influencing skills

• 3-5 years Strong planning and buying experience with solid understanding of financial and statistical analysis of both
• 2-4 years experience with distributions requirement planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, production planning, scheduling and transportation
• 1-2 years planning and executing projects involving multiple groups across an organization desirable

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Math, Decision Science, Business, related area or equivalent experience

• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Persuading and Influencing
• Presenting and Communicating Information
• Analysing
• Planning and Organising
• Coping with Pressures and Setbacks
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations