Planning Manager Miladys at Mr Price Group

Purpose

Miladys, a trading division of the Mr Price Group is currently recruiting for an experienced Planning Manager. The objective of this role is to lead the planning team in developing their merch plans through a structured business process, to ensure that they adhere to the strategic and financial objectives of the business, thus ensuring sales, profit and stock targets are achieved.                                                                         

key responsibilities

• Provide clear direction & guidance on seasonal strategies, in line with company strategy (considering post-mortem analyses, PMO targets, budgets, pricing strategies, supplier strategies, marketing & digital, etc.) in order to achieve merchandise targets
• Monitor a top line view of current trade for all departments & make appropriate trade decisions (including the authorisation of markdowns) based on current trade in order to potentialise sales.
• View high level assortment planning across categories & approve planner’s budgets (one liners) through reviewing sub cats, planned promotions & volume opportunities, in line with seasonal strategies in order to meet review plan targets.
• Coach and mentor the merchandise planning team and assist in the upskilling of new merchants as well as assist with planning functions when required.
• Drive the growth & profitability of Miladys, through increasing sales by analysing proposed growth opportunities & competitors (through comp shops), with our customer in mind.
• Engage with business users (merchandise, commercial, supply chain, finance, marketing etc) in order to build and maintain business relationships and manage the impact of change in the division.

Requirements

A relevant tertiary qualification

• 5 – 8 years planning experience, 3 years in a management role
• Advanced excel