Retail Planner

3 days ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Head Office Full time
Job Overview
Retail planners play a pivotal role in maximising sales performance through strategic planning and analysis. As a senior merchandising position at Head Office, you will be responsible for building stock holding targets, distribution plans, and reviewing sales performance to deliver sales and margin plans.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Develop ideal stock holding targets for each location based on budget sales plans and ideal stock cover for core, seasonal, and terminal stock.
  2. Create distribution plans based on geographical location to ensure the right stock package for each local market.
  3. Analyse in-season sales performance and adjust stock mix to meet sales and margin targets.
  4. Plan individual store allocation stock packages by size inline with sales demand.
  5. Support the trading team with detailed size analysis to ensure all buys align with sales requirements.
  6. Project manage new store openings to ensure the right stock is in place.

Accountabilities:
  1. Build opening stock packages for new stores based on linear count, budgets, seasonality, and geographical location.
  2. Oversee the critical path of all new openings.
  3. Collaborate with visual merchandising, marketing, and retail teams to ensure the right stock package is allocated and delivered before store openings.
  4. Plan ideal stock mix by store to maximise sales performance.
  5. Ensure seasonal stock builds align with the trading calendar and key events.
  6. Develop allocation plans by store and size for both core and new seasonal stock packages.
  7. Establish store grading framework for allocations and regularly review with regional managers.
  8. Review initial PAR levels by store and adjust accordingly to maximise replenishment.
  9. Lead store visits using category-level analysis to support stores in maximising space and increasing density.
  10. Provide detailed sales analysis by brand and category by store, feeding into the trading team and supporting future opportunities in range building.
  11. Manage re-groups across the estate to reduce range fragmentation and increase sell-through ability.
  12. Create and manage communication processes between head office and stores.
  13. Execute brand strategies in line with overall business needs and communicate these to the wider team.
  14. Understand customer needs to maximise sales and margin.
  15. Develop and implement better ways of working across merchandising and retail.
  16. Strategically plan and implement improvements for key KPIs, including AVT, UPT, and conversion.
  17. Report weekly on size availability versus planned level, ensuring a 95% availability target.


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