Trainee Location Planner

With support & guidance build key knowledge & skills that equips the role to develop astute pre-season & in-season store sales plans that meet the store's needs in terms of the correct buy shape per store profile & maximize store sales, clearance and space.

On the Job Learning: Apply learnt knowledge by demonstrating awareness of the factors which influence the way we perform in current trade, how to manage opportunities & risks accordingly; demonstrate how to optimize stock in the light of the critical path & achievement of KPI's; participate in the building of an assortment which is informed by current trade, post mortem, & the seasonal strategy; demonstrate how to forecast a financial plan, highlight variances for sales, orders & stock going forward.

Current Trade: Extract & analyse store KPI's by sub department season; contribute towards compiling a draft report highlighting all issues that have impacted performance; assist the location planner in respect of re-forecasting in-season store sales to adjust for the current trade variances; convert the store sales plan to a stock plan in OTS (Open to Ship) in order to adjust SAS (Strategic Allocation System) allocations.

Post Mortem: Complete a monthly zero-based plan (ZBP) in order to conclude the previous months missed opportunities; complete store grading in APS (Assortment Planning System) in order to provide the merchant planning team with unit buy recommendations which will inform their strategy.

Building an Assortment: Participate in building the assortment plan in collaboration with the buying & planning team; assist with creating profiles, store grading & development of unit buy recommendations for the greater team; Maintain the profiles & grading in the relevant system (APS); extract & analyse reports on the assortment for the location planner.

Product Allocation/Stock Allocation: Adjust & balance the forward allocations checking that required units per store are met; monitor units being accrued for new store openings & report on variances; finalize allocations; assist with store consolidations; identify problems with store size service levels & store cover ratio, assist team with action plan.

University Degree/ Diploma Qualification in one of the following fields:

• Business Science
• BCom Accounting
• Mathematics
• Statistics
• Economics
• Finance
• Strategic Management
• BCom Supply Chain

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