ASSORTMENT PLANNER X2- Woolworths
Location; Western Cape
Job type; Permanent
Job description
We translate the category strategy and create an optimal assortment based on customer demand.
Duties;
- To manage the day-to-day Assortment Process to ensure the category strategy is reflected in the assortments per role of store.
- To be a key contributor to the end-to-end range review process.
- Integrate with Buyer and Planner to understand the impact of the ILC.
- To provide input into the clustering recommendations for the category (ies) and make recommendations to the relevant stakeholders.
- To understand the key strategic drivers for the category and turn them into effective and profitable assortment tactics.
- To optimise the input parameters that drive Assortment Optimisation (AO) as required which includes the types and accuracy standards of data required to allow AO to run effectively.
- To advise category team members on the best way to achieve the best results from the AO system.
- Conduct Impact Assessments
- Tap into the skillset of the Centre of Excellence team (COE) to stay abreast of leading assortment thinking and techniques.
- Attend all relevant training and meetings to ensure that new ways of assortment planning are incorporated into your ways of working.
Requirements
- Must have minimum of 3-5 years of relevant Retail / FMCG experience
- Relevant tertiary degree or qualification
- Must great understanding of the merchandising industry and good customer knowledge
- Must have strategic and analytical thinking
- Must have strong commercial acumen and credibility
- Must have strong assortment planning skills with high ability to integrate
- Project management and process thinking skills
- Ability to influence others, build and sustain relationships across functional teams
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
- Must have strong Retail / Commercial experience, preferable in Foods
- Previous retail management experience in the fields of assortment, range and merchandising with a large global retailer (Supermarket retail experience preferred)
- Must have good buying, planning or assortment planning experience (at least 3 years) within foods retailing
- Understanding and analysis of current & future techniques and trends
- Trend Analysis, the ability to analysis and review of past / historical information
- Some knowledge and understanding of consumer shopping habits; competitor activity and market players in the retail sector; consumer demographics
- The ability to analyse, interpret and optimize KPI's relevant to assortment plans
- Range & Catalogue Management, the understanding of range construction, analysis and optimizing performance
- Understand themselves and the impact they have on the people they interact with and the organisation culture and adjust their behaviour accordingly.
- Plays a leading role in driving sustainable transformational initiatives at a BU level and/or Group level, and
- Is recognised by the leadership, peers and reports as competent and can hold their own with colleagues in their field.
- Builds strong networks and strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Engages and connects people to enable delivery of BU strategy and operating plan.
- Are consistent in their decision making and owns the consequences thereof due to strong business understanding and commercial knowledge.
- Demonstrates attention to detail and reacts to commercial issues within their BU.
