Retail - Assistant Planner

 Takealot Group, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Assistant Planner to join our team at our Cape Town offices.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us.  We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your experience.

This person will assist and support all Planners and Senior Planners with all merchandise planning activities.

Role reports to: Head of Planning

Key responsibilities:(What are you directly responsible to achieve within the scope of your role)

● Placing supplier orders
● Assisting Planners with the following:
○ Oversee the in-stock function including demand planning, ordering and capacity management in line with department strategy
○ Deliver accurate insights and reports on a timely basis on which department managers can base commercial decisions and deliver on revenue and margin plans
○ Create sustainable in-stock systems and processes in partnership with central analytics, technical and product teams
○ Compiling the annual retail sales budget, quarterly plan, working plan as well as on-going forecasting at category and product levels to ensure budgets are achieved
○ Managing end to end inventory availability and inventory health including: improved in-stock rates (availability), inventory planning at categorisation, systematic forecasting, markdown and clearance provisions, return to supplier activities and warehouse space management

Attributes :

Supplier Order Management
• Purchase orders and supplier contracts
• Order tracking documentation and logs
• Supplier performance reports
• Cost savings and negotiation outcome reports

Inventory Planning Support
• Weekly/monthly stock level reports
• Demand forecasts by category/product
• Capacity planning documents
• Stock availability alerts and recommendations
• Replenishment schedules

Analytics and Reporting
• In-stock performance dashboards
• Inventory turnover reports
• Sales trend analysis
• Margin performance by category
• Exception reports for inventory issues
• Root cause analysis for stock problems

Systems and Processes
• Process flow documentation
• Standard operating procedures
• System enhancement recommendations
• Training materials for inventory processes
• Best practice guidelines

Financial Planning
• Annual retail sales budgets
• Quarterly category performance plans
• Rolling forecasts at product level
• Budget vs. actual variance reports
• Financial impact assessments of inventory decisions

Inventory Health Management
• In-stock rate metrics and improvement plans
• Inventory aging analysis
• Markdown and clearance plans
• RTV (Return to Vendor) documentation
• Warehouse space utilization reports
• Obsolete inventory identification reports
• Seasonal transition plans

Minimum Required Qualification & Experience :

• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma (Commerce,Finance, Mathematics or Economics degree preferable)


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  At least 1- 2 year related retail / commerce merchandise experience

  
  


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  Excel sheets knowledge

  
  

Skills, knowledge & abilities :

• Strong willingness to learn


• Entrepreneurial / Commercial mindse


• Attention to detail


• Organized and ability to prioritize


• Comfortable with learning and adapting to new systems

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 


• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 


• We are short on ego and high on output. 


• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 


• We love what we do and what we are creating.


• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.