Location Planner – Cape town

A leading pet care retailer in SA, is urgently looking for an experienced Location Planner to join their team in Marconi Beam, Cape Town.

• Set up appropriate system parameters, profiles, safety stocks, display minimums to achieve store/item in stock goals and objectives.
• Partner with the buyers and demand planner to actively manage inventory levels.
• Work with buying team and stores to analyse business by store to maximize sales and stock opportunities.
• Analyse historic performance and planned strategies to identify areas of opportunity or risk.
• Demonstrate detailed understanding of product sales behaviours such as seasonality, trend, price and promotional activity.
• Assist in planning strategies for discontinued and redundant stock.
• Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence.
• Develop and execute macro space plans by store.
• Execute new store and store revamp macro space plans
• Analyse customer and store feedback and sales data to enhance in-store customer experience, adjusting product placements based on customer flow analyses, enhancing in-store navigation and layout

Requirements:

• Grade 12/Matric with Mathematics
• Tertiary Qualification in Retail Management, Business, Finance, Logistics, Supply Chain, Mathematics, Statistics or similar field- Advantageous
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Planning
• A high degree of numeracy and a detailed and accurate approach to work Intermediate to Advanced Excel Skills (complex formulae, pivot tables, modelling)
• Computer literate in MS Word, MS Outlook, PowerPoint
• Highly motivated, energetic, self-starter who has the ability to be proactive
• Able to effectively time manage

Send your CV to wessel@dynamicoutlook.co.za