Planning Analyst: Central Planning - @Home at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Key Responsibilities:

• Business BI super user: Business expert in BI tools and advanced Excel to build, create and develop reporting and dashboards, based on business needs.
• Ensure data requirements and visibility in place: Assist the Merchandise and Management teams to be able to make decisions efficiently and effectively to maximize sales, analyse performance and optimise stock efficiencies. 
• Develop and deliver reporting and dashboards: On business performance to all teams (Finance; Marketing; Operations; Merchandise and Management).
• Drive analytics and insights to provide business stakeholders with necessary visibility to deliver objectives.
• Own the Distribution Centre relationship: to ensure efficient DC throughput via optimisation of the supply chain and stock flow to ensure execution of business needs and opportunities.
• Drive stock efficiencies: by providing weekly insights into style level detail and trends.
• Drive Online availability:  Through regular reporting and analysis, assisting the Merchandise team with visibility of online product intelligence; maximise sales through product availability for customers.
• Support all functions within the business with regards to data queries, data integrity and ad hoc data requests.
• Continuously review Business Intelligence reporting: to enhance, improve and streamline efficiencies and visibility.
• Manage non trading accounts.
• Communicate effectively with Stakeholders
• Build and maintain relationships:  with IT; Logistics and @home teams
• Manage own personal development: through performance management, IDP and talent management processes. Request training and feedback on performance and strive to improve based on these interventions
• Adhere to the Group's values and leadership principles and understand and participate in Employer of Choice strategies and initiatives
• Take personal responsibility for all issues facing the department, work as a team.
• Communicate with your line manager regularly and make recommendations on improving efficiencies in the department

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• 3-6 years’ experience with report compilation and analysi

Skills: 

• A high degree of numeracy with an analytical, detailed and strategic approach to work
• Advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge of Retail preferable
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office and add-on applications
• Strong business acumen and merchant thinking
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Proven decision-making ability
• Strong affiliation to systems; rapid upskilling on new applications and tools 
• The ability to influence and work with internal stakeholders as well as external business partners with a strong focus on alignment across the various areas and team work
• Requirement interpretation
• Commercial thinking

Behaviours: 

• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, decision making, interpersonal relations, problem solving, teamwork & written communication   
• Comfortable and effective influencer.   
• You need to be flexible as the environment is very dynamic and priorities can change.   
• Sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes to deliver measurable results  
• Adapts effectively to situations that are complex, uncertain, or lack guidelines and clear information  
• Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems  
• Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes  
• Develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives  
• Effectively adjusts their behaviour, approach, and decision-making based on the situation  
• Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long-term goals and objectives of the organisation