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SalaryYOUR DREAM OPPORTUNITY
As our Assistant Planner, you will play an important role in supporting the Merchandise Planning team in optimizing inventory levels and maximizing sale opportunities for your category. You will assist in analyzing sales data, forecasting demand, and developing merchandise plans to ensure product availability and profitability across our retail locations, all whilst being mentored and developed by the Senior Planner.
At Forever New, we are dedicated to fostering career development and nurturing opportunities for growth. As part of our Merchandise Planning Team, you will have the opportunity to grow your career and will be equipped with the necessary technical skills and tools to propel you into your next role as Junior Planner.
If you are passionate about the fashion industry, thrive off the excitement of problem solving and approach most situations from an analytical standpoint - this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you!
Get excited to:
- Monitor sales and external market activity to maximise sale opportunities and minimise potential risks.
- Review and monitor range plans regularly with the Buyer and Planner.
- Generate ideas to improve sales and profit performance.
- Work with the Planner to manage the in-season open to buy at department/category/season level using the WSSI and ensure that the budgeted or re-plan stock levels are being met.
- Awareness of ACCC guidelines.
- Maximise profit and minimise risk through stock management and realistic sales and profit forecasts with regular review and appropriate action.
- Monitor and review product trend balances and proactively question future orders placed where sales patterns vary to the original framework to maximise sales and profit.
- Margin management through the effective control of markdowns and promotional activity in line with departmental budgets.
- Manage terminal stock targets driving educated trading decisions to effectively achieve maximum sell through, and minimise profit loss
- Contribute to planning strategies by assisting the Planner, to propose category budgets by having a sound understanding of the below points.
- End of month/post season, work with the Assistant Buyer to identify opportunities, based on lessons learnt, to optimise the departmental strategy and provide analytics to support correct planning direction.
- With the Buyer, Designer and Planner construct a well-balanced range framework which offers the right mix of product e.g., casual/formal, print/plain, colour and fabric to match the customer's fashion requirements, based on history and current performance
Our next superstar will have a minimum of 2-3 years relevant retail experience either as an Allocator looking to progress, or an Assistant Planner looking to take their career onto a Global stage.
- Sound financial and commercial business acumen
- Proven track record of effective stock management in a fashion business
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills
- Effective planning and organisational skills
- Ability to work under pressure, working to tight deadlines
- A high attention to detail
- Understands the customer and responds effectively to their needs
- Knowledge of the High Street competitors and able to form educated opinions to effect commercial decisions
- Have an understanding of all critical path elements and their impact on delivery
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team
- Confident and engaging communicator with the ability to deliver presentations and influence key stake holders
- Ability to coach, develop your Allocation Analyst
- Ability to manage key relationships effectively to deliver business strategy
- Strong Computer literacy in Microsoft Office (Excel)
- Think Customer
- Respect for all
- Keep it Simple
- Take Responsibility
- Act with Pace
