Jabong.com - Associate/Manager - Central Planning

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Overall forecasting and demand planning at an organizational level to enable delivery of target sales and margins across categories through sell through management and inventory cover

- Keeping a check on the overall inventory planning

- Liaising with respective category planners/ category teams to ensure sales growth and profitability

- Provide category/Purchase Type allocation of budget to each category for the season

- Margin maximization, cost optimization and other initiatives to reduce cash burn

- Conduct analysis and manage multiple project streams

- Provide strategic and analytical assistance

- Be involved with data collection, analysis, insight, reporting

- Engage in stakeholder management

- Aid in identification and analysis of opportunities and risks

DESIRED SKILLSET

Functional

- Analytical bent of mind

- Data mining

- Quantitative analysis

Behavioral

- Problem solving skills

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to present data to stakeholders

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

- MBA (preferably from Tier I/Tier 2 college)