Mr Price Group

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Cape Town, Western Cape, ZAF

In-Office

Mid level

Fashion • Retail

The Role

The Planner will manage stock levels, collaborate with category buyers, forecast inventory needs, optimize stock flow, and analyze product performance to enhance operational efficiency.

Summary Generated by Built In

Who you are You have the ability to grow and adapt to an ever-changing environment where new processes and technologies are part of the norm. Your passion for retail & a knowledge of outdoor brands, and patio living products, along with your affiliation for figures & organisational skills makes you indispensable to the team. It excites you to continually look for ways to work better, faster and more efficiently that benefit the business and maximise each hour of the day. ResponsibilitiesWhat you’ll do

You will be responsible for getting the right stock at the right store at the right time for both e-commerce and store locations. This will involve collaborating across multiple business units to showcase and manage stock levels of our extensive product range.

Your areas of responsibility include:

● Work closely with category buyers on season strategy incorporating reviews of past category/concept performance, agree on investment for the future

● Forecasting and ordering stock needed to achieve future budgets and optimizing flow of stock and inventory turn in your category

● Managing overstocks

● Calculate stock needed for successful marketing campaigns (online and in stores)

● Build and maintain collaborative partnerships and communicate effectively with suppliers and internal team members

● Compiling and analysing reports on product performance. Recommending actions based on data reported.

● Collaborate with the Customer Service team to prioritise customer needs & ensure a customer-centric approach

Qualifications

What experience and skills you need for the role

This role is best suited for an innovative, organised, problem-solver that is agile and resilient and displays the following skills:

● Bachelors Degree (finance, accounting, bcom)

● At least 3 years working in a Merchandise Planning role

● A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work

● Excellent attention to detail ● Excellent Excel skills and knowledge of the google suite

● Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking

● Strong affiliation to systems and utilising them to increase productivity in line with the Planning Strategy

● Good organisational, administrative and interpersonal skills

● Excellent communication and negotiation skills

● Enjoy working with people to resolve problems with a focus on finding workable solutions within often tight deadlines

● Driven by improving processes and finding new effective ways to do things ● Experience in a complex, data-driven, high-volume and fast-paced environment where agility is key

● General operational problem-solving experience

Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity

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The Company

HQ: KwaZulu Natal

15,033 Employees

Year Founded: 1985

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