Manager - Retail Planning

Job Title : Manager - Retail Planning

Job Purpose :

- Retail planner advises retail stores on all aspects of strategy, planning and development to maximize sales.

- Retail planners use sales information to forecast the best products to sell and next possible trends.

- He\she works towards converting inventory to sales in the least possible time.

Job Responsibilities :

- Create business strategy - product and pricing strategy in conjunction with business head.

- Work on Buy plan\OTB plans based on business projections.

- Analyzes actual sales to plan, to monitor progress of product line across stores and establish current and future trends.

- Assign base stock, category-wise for each store, based on past trends and ensure each category is adequately represented at each store at all times.

- Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.

- Liaise with the buyer, store teams and logistics to ensure products are on the move - to meet the sales targets.

- Generate and analyze inventory and sales reports.

- Provide feedback on inventory health at various stores; circulate periodic reports like sell through, top sellers, slow movers, size set availability etc.

- Build incentive plans for store teams - depending on prices, product and push strategy.

The people I need to work with Within function :

- Buyer\Merchandiser

- Retail Ops Manager

- Business Manager

- Business Head

- Store Managers\FCs Outside function

- Logistics team

- Finance team

- Training team

- Cartesian

- CRM

Experience : Minimum 5-10 years of experience of handling multiple store in fashion\premium\luxury segment with ability to :

- Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.

- Ability to mobilize inventory to sales across stores.

- Liaise with the buyer, store teams and logistics to ensure products are on the move - to meet the sales targets.

- Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.

- Demonstrate strong business understanding with flair for fashion retailing.

- Ability to communicate effectively and influence buying decisions.