Merchandise Planner

At Weylandts, we believe in creating a work environment as different and beautiful as our furniture. With attractive working hours, competitive salaries, and great staff discounts, being employed by Weylandts is a little like acquiring a second home. With twelve unique stores across the country, Weylandts is not only South Africa's leading furniture and homeware retailer, it's also a very special place in which to apply your unique set of skills and to grow professionally. At Weylandts, we're looking for go-getters, trendsetters and forward thinkers. If you feel comfortable in our beautiful space and want to be part of this story, we would love to hear from you.MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES: Ensuring in-stock availability of product ranges for the relevant categories on a weekly basis. Identification of category opportunities. Review cost estimates for existing products. Proposal of new orders required (in conjunction with Buyer). Ongoing control of the spend to approved budget. Aligning historical and future product performance to forecast on a weekly and monthly basis, as well as for budgeting purposes annually. Responsible for range review, category, and competitor analysis. Range review: Preparing, analysing, and making recommendations that are aligned with budget as well as our strategy to meet targets. Rate of Sales: ensure correct and changes presented with reasoning. Forecasting for promotions with the buyer and department manager, as well as placing of promotional orders and track sell through. Develop and maintain effective clearance triggers and strategy. Liaising with information systems to design reports to ensure visibility of the correct information [i.e. stock, margin, availability]. Critically appraise past successes and failures to identify risks and opportunities. Reassess current systems and processes and propose improvements. Manage stock levels through new orders and clearance sales / AOS

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Relevant certificate, diploma or degree Proven working experience as a Merchandise Planner (5+ years), specifically dealing with replenishment. Good understanding of retail industry

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES:

Highly degree of numeracy, able to work with large volumes of data Strong analytical skills - ability to think strategically & commercially Attention to detail, accuracy, disciplined to check work Proficient in Microsoft Excel Team working and interpersonal skills Excellent organisation skills and the ability to multitask Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment