Planner

Primary Purpose Of Role

The Planner is responsible for:

• Setting and maintaining the merchandise and assortment plans for a gender/s and class/s within the team
• Budgeting, forecasting activities and providing financial analysis to ensure that financial goals and sales targets are met
• Category and product analysis to define buy quantities
• Order raising and stock allocation
• Providing instore merchandising and display guidelines

Key Result Areas and Responsibilities

• Financial Performance
• Establish budgets and forecast future returns using all available information.
• Contribute to the achievement of the department’s sales and gross profit targets.
• Manage the costing and pricing process.
• Provide commercial analysis to inform and confirm buying decisions.
• Analysis and forecasting of sales, profits, purchases and stocks, by department an...