Company: Flower Master Pty Ltd
Role: Logistic Merchandize Planner
Position: Full Time Permanent
Salary: $76,000 annum, plus 11.5% super
Location: Oakford
Role:
Responsible to plan, develop and implement ‘best practice’ merchandise planning procedures to support the future growth of the business. You will provide analytical support to the buying function, ensuring accurate statistical analysis and advice in order to deliver the budgeted sales, gross profit and return on inventory investment for the designated product category.
Job Duties :
- Analyse historical information, developing seasonal category plans, identifying market opportunities to drive growth and determine product sales mix, stocks levels, retail prices and margins.
- Accurately forecast Customer sales by store and replenish as needed to meet optimal in-stock position and maximize Customer sales result.
- Monitor and Build financial sales, gross margin and inventory plans on a weekly basis at item level.
- Create and implement pricing strategy by item that maximises sales and gross profit.
- Regularly analyse inventory to identify fast and slow-moving stock.
- Contribute to the weekly meetings by providing analysis and recommendations to achieve sales, gross profit and stock targets
- Create allocation strategies, incorporating the merchandise plan and flow strategy to meet store inventory needs.
- Create and plan product assortments (item, color, size) for each product category.
- Place orders for both seasonal and replenishment product buys.
- Collaborate with cross functional departments, ie. Marketing and Store Operations, to ensure success of product.
- Delivering key objectives through innovation, customer awareness and inventory management
- Building strong relationships with business partners and stakeholders
Requirements:
Our ideal candidate is an experienced Logistical Merchandise Planner with a mandatory three years fulltime work experience and a minimum AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV. At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above.
Skills and Personal Attributes:
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
- Highly organized with great attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Team working skills
- Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail
If you feel you meet the above requirements, please forward to Resume and Cover Letter detailing why you are suited for this role to ****@flowermasterwa.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Summary of role requirements:
- Flexible hours available
- 2-3 years of relevant work experience required for this role
- Working rights required for this role