At MECCA, our Planning team plays a critical role in ensuring the right products are available at the right time for our customers. We're looking for an Integrated Planner to join us on a fixed-term contract until 27 August 2027, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to drive demand forecasting, replenishment planning and inventory optimisation across your brand portfolio.
This role is instrumental in ensuring effective inventory planning, balancing customer demand with inventory targets, and supporting the continued growth of the MECCA network through data-driven planning and strong cross-functional partnerships.
The Role You Could Play:
Reporting to the Planning Manager, you will own the demand planning process for your portfolio and ensure inventory is optimised to meet customer demand. You will:
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and maintain accurate consensus forecasts, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies where required.
- Manage the end-to-end demand planning lifecycle, including new product launches, promotional events, campaigns and product discontinuations.
- Partner closely with Brand teams to forecast new product introductions, aligning on ranging decisions and demand assumptions.
- Place and manage purchase orders in line with supplier ordering cycles, ensuring optimal stock availability and inventory performance.
- Monitor inventory levels and planning KPIs to deliver strong service levels, support key trading events and drive continuous improvement across the planning process.
What You Will Bring:
You are an analytical and collaborative planning professional who thrives in a fast-paced retail environment. Ideally, you will bring:
- Proven experience in demand planning, supply planning or inventory management.
- Experience within Retail or FMCG is highly desirable.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
- Experience using merchandise management and/or supply chain planning systems, alongside strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
Your Life At MECCA
Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn't be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Some of our other team member benefits include:
- Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering.
- Health and well-being initiatives.
- Reward and recognition programs.
- Access to bonus and incentive programs.
- Access to quarterly product allowance.
- Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy.
There are also so many other ways in which you'll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.
To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca, and for all current opportunities, visit www.mecca.com.au/careers.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in demand and supply planning.
- Retail or FMCG experience.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office, particularly MS Excel.
- High-level interpersonal and communication skills.
- Knowledge of merchandise management and/or supply chain systems.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and creative approach to systems challenges.
What We Do
Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have over 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or our Distribution Centre (DC), you will be an integral part of the MECCA family. Our Retail Store teams are known for their energy, passion and expertise; bringing MECCA to life and helping us deliver on our purpose across four unique concepts – MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA Maxima, MECCA and our online stores (mecca.com.au and meccabeauty.co.nz). Working in our Support Centre will give you the opportunity to be part of high-impact, cross-functional projects, where you will get to immerse yourself in cutting-edge technologies and market-leading innovations. Not only do we work with over 150 of the best global beauty brands, we also develop, produce and distribute MECCA’s very own signature line of products. From supply chain to digital design, from software development to strategy, and everything in between, we are looking for diverse people from all backgrounds to continually challenge our way of thinking. Last but certainly not least, our rapidly expanding DC teams are the backbone of our operations and are key to the delivery of a seamless customer experience through online fulfillment and ensuring our stores have the right products at the right time.
