Trade Planner

6 months ago


Greater London, United Kingdom WHSmith Full time

**Job Purpose**
At WHSmith our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth. That’s why our Commercial team is passionate about creating an environment where people can be creative and trailblazing in order to do their best work. The Trade Planner role is critical to ensuring we have a strong, customer-facing and compliant cycle and feature space proposition.

**Who we are**
Celebrating 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 11,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.

**What you’ll do**
- Have accountability for the trade planning process and implement regular reporting to increase accuracy and compliance
- Use customer and competitor insights to plan an annual calendar of events and activations that appeals to customers and delivers against our commercial objectives
- Work cross-functionally (with buying, marketing, merchandising and ops) to ensure accurate and quality execution every time
- Support in the planning, delivery and review of key initiatives and proposition development projects across formats
- Work with the ops team to drive In-store compliance and implementation to protect supplier income and to communicate effectively with our stores and ensure store engagement
- Own the cycle process from a trade planning perspective and work cross-functionally to make recommendations to drive performance improvements
- Prepare analysis and insights from previous cycles as inputs to future planning
- Provide ad-hoc project management support across the commercial team where required, including coordination of events

**Who you are**
- Excellent organization and planning skills, including strong Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong communicator, with an ability to influence at all levels of the business
- A self-starter, with the initiative to drive improvement and change without prompt
- A team player who can self-manage, but is willing and able to support colleagues and share best practice
- Previous experience in a trade, category planning or buying role is essential
- Proven experience of prioritization and managing ambiguity required
- Experience of managing high profile, time critical projects
- Some level of analytical experience, and good commercial acumen

**What we can offer you.**
- Annual bonus based on company and personal performance
- Hybrid working model from home and in the office
- 24 Days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday
- Finish at 4pm on a Friday
- Staff discount card for stores and online

**Format of Business**
- Buying

**Full Time / Part Time**
- Full Time

**Position Type**
- Permanent

**Salary From**
- Competitive

**Salary To**
- Competitive

**Hours / Week**
- 36.25

**Country**
- UK

**County**
- Greater London

**Job Code / Grade**
- C

**Post Code**
- EC3A 7BX

**Function / Region**
- Commercial (Travel)


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