Demand Planner - Retail Industry - R600K - R500K

RPO Recruitment’s client in the Retail Industry is urgently seeking the expertise of a Demand Planner to join their team in the Western Cape.

Responsibilities :

• To ensure the accurate and effective creation and management of statistical, promotional, event and total forecasts using provided systems and tools for all new and existing product ranges.
• To recognize and reconcile forecast exceptions to track and manage sales against forecast and validate forecast for OTB management.
• To determine causal factors impacting forecasts and respond appropriately, (weather, moving events, promotions etc.).
• To ensure effective stakeholder management and engagement to determine trends, identify new products, evaluate risks, and determine inventory and replenishment requirements.
• To generate and deliver accurate and timely management reports and maintain key metrics against goals to analyse forecast performance and ensure forecast accuracy and inventory optimization.
• To effectively analyse post promotional and event data to determine opportunities, improve future forecasts, and act as necessary for inventory disposition.
• To effectively lead and prepare for the consensus forecast meetings with key stakeholders to enhance key insights and decisions taken.
• To ensure that the history data cleansing process is followed to improve sales history.
• To ensure the effective execution of the range review process and decision making to assist the Category Team to determine optimal range.
• To look for opportunities to maximize sales potential and support the Category team to develop Category Operating Plans and other initiatives to achieve sales, margin, and stock targets.

Requirements :

Benefits :

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We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.

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