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 & knowledge of homeware, 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.
Responsibilities- Partner closely with category buyers on current trade to drive achievement of company KPIs
- Compile and analyse reporting on product performance, including current trade updates, post-mortems, and strategy and review presentations
- Forecast and place stock orders to achieve future budgets and support successful marketing campaigns, optimising stock flow and inventory turn within your category
- Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, communicating effectively across the business
- Work closely with the Customer Service team to prioritise customer needs and champion a customer-centric approach across your category
- At least 5 years working in a Merchandise Planning role
- Tertiary qualification in supply chain, economics, management or accounting.
- A high degree of numeracy and an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience leading and upskilling junior team members to aid in their development and growth.
- Excellent spreadsheet 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 Company 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.
Skills Required
- At least 5 years working in a Merchandise Planning role
- Tertiary qualification in supply chain, economics, management or accounting
- High degree of numeracy and analytical, detailed, strategic approach to work
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience leading and upskilling junior team members
- Excellent spreadsheet skills and knowledge of the Google Suite
- Strong business acumen and entrepreneurial thinking
- Ability to use systems to increase productivity
- Good organisational, administrative and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Customer-centric approach and ability to prioritise customer needs
- Driven by process improvement and finding effective new ways to work
- Experience in a complex, data-driven, high-volume and fast-paced environment where agility is key
- General operational problem-solving experience
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
