1. Current trade:
- Monitor weekly sales and reforecast where necessary, feeding back variations to ecommerce planning manager and liaising with location planners
- Convert sales forecasts into in season stock supply needs and review against initial allocations. Liaison with location planner if allocations need to be adjusted to ensure efficient use of space.
- Ensure all items are received into fulfilment centre and monitor any merchandising issues in the onsite mega menu (not appearing online, in incorrect category etc) communicate with Ecommerce merchandising team any issues identified.
- Suggest weekly online promotions by reviewing category stock and sales data.
- Review DnF items across site to identify any issues that may need to be communicated to relevant location planner, monitor service levels to ensure optimum service offering
- Monitor the flow of inputs into the Ecommerce fulfilment centre
- Monitor the movement of stock across locations in the Ecommerce fulfilment centre
- Flush out slow-moving items and odds across the site
- Compile weekly trade report
- Execute a monthly trade summary
- Execute a monthly ZBP accounting for Missed opportunities. Communicate ZBP plans with location planners and MOM by floor set
2. Post-mortem and Strategy:
- Compile a detailed product post-mortem outlining performance against set plans, missed opportunities and lesson learnt for the Ecommerce business
- Communicate lessons learnt to product and location teams
- Align product Strategy Sales to total Ecommerce budget in line with business strategic growths and Ecommerce customer demands.
- Communicate Strategy sales to MOM and location planning team
3. Review
- Collaborate with Locations Teams on final review plans (with deviations to strategy) and ensure final numbers are in line with total Ecommerce Financial budgets/forecast.
- Communicate Review sales with MOM and location planning team
4. Stock allocations
- Monitor and update store OTS requirements by sub department. Identify any shorts/ overs in OTS against initial allocations.
- Communicate suggested allocations to make up demand with brand/portfolio location planner
- Ensure adequate stock of marketing items due to their higher demand over advertised periods
- Ensure Ecommerce fulfilment center is not overstocked and flush Odds and slow-moving items when necessary
5. Team
- Contribute proactively
- Respond to sales demand and supply
- Communicate and collaborate with location planners and MOM on all information regarding the demand and supply for the Ecommerce business.
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1. Education:
- A relevant Finance-related University Degree/Diploma Qualification
2. Competencies:
- Professionalism
- Out the box thinking
- Product and trade focused
- Reporting and analytical
- Positive behaviour in team
- Strong communication skills
3. Knowledge/ Skills:
- MRP merch planning process and systems
- Tableau and BI reporting
- Advanced Excel
- Strong numeracy skills
Skills Required
- Relevant finance-related university degree or diploma
- Experience with MRP merch planning processes and systems
- Tableau and BI reporting experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong numeracy skills
- Reporting and analytical capability
- Product and trade focused mindset
- Strong communication skills
- Professionalism and positive team behaviour
- Out-of-the-box thinking
What We Do
Mr Price Group Limited is an omni-channel, fashion value retailer. The Group retails Apparel, Homeware and Sportsware and is one of the fastest growing retailers in South Africa. Our History: 1885 - The first John Orrs store opens 1934 - The first Hub store opens 1952 - John Orrs is listed on the JSE 1967 - Acquisition of two Miladys stores 1986 - Laurie Chiappini and Stewart Cohen, together with BOE, acquire a major shareholding in John Orr Holdings 1987 - The first Mr Price store opens 1991 - Laurie Chiappini and Stewart Cohen acquire control of the Group from BOE 1993 - Launch of the Mr Price Group Share Partnership Initiative 1996 - Acquisition of Galaxy & Co. and Sheet Street 1997 - Alastair McArthur is appointed as CEO 1998 - Mr Price Home launched 2000 - Mr Price opens stores in Botswana and Namibia 2001 - Specialty Stores becomes MR Price Group 2005 - Over 100 million units are sold across the group 2006 - Sale of the Hub and Galaxy divisions 2007 - Launch of Mr Price Sport stores and Mr Price Franchising 2008 - Miladys wins the Orange Index award for excellence in customer service 2008 - Mr Price Apparel is voted the most loved and most frequented retail apparel brand for the first time 2008 - This year Mr Price Home is voted the most loved and most frequented homeware retailer 2011 - Retail sales exceed R10 billion and profit attributable to shareholders exceeds R1 billion for the first time 2011 - The group celebrates the 25th anniversary of change in control, recording a CAGR share of 25.3% and headline earnings per share of 23.5% over this period 2012 - First Corporate owned Mr Price store opens in Lagos, Nigeria 2013 - Mr Price launches its online store
