Planning Manager  Responsibilities :  - Merchandise Financial, Strategic and Assortment Planning   - Maximise Sales and profitability for the department/category   - Support in determining high-level financial goals including pre-season financial plans, in-season projections, open-to-buy management and new store budgets   - Prepare and maintain department/category merchandise MIS analytics based on actual sales, sales forecasts, company order parameters, inventory checks, forth coming events, replenishment needs etc   - Assist in the creation of merchandise plans for the category based on insights gained from merchandise analytics, customer preference, historical trends and future outlook projected by the buyer   - Assist in discussing, deciding and freezing the department/category merchandise strategic plans around the following factors   Financials :  - Sales, Stock, OTB, Margins, Forward Cover etc   Store : Sub-Groub level Sales, Order Quantity, Allocation, Replenishment etc   Assortment :  - Style, Price, Brand, Supplier etc   - Communicate the merchandise strategic plan to buying team for necessary execution   - Ensure effective in season management across territories (stock balancing, markdown management, stock analysis, stock vs sales performance)   - Help review the merchandise plans on a periodic basis to ensure profit is maximized and maintained to reach target levels   - Ensure that the standards of Merchandise procedures and Methodologies are maintained and kept Uniform   Inventory Stock Optimization :  - Ensure optimum category inventory levels are maintained at Concept/Territory keeping in mind store requirements as well as working capital constraints   - Ensure that no instances of category stock outs occur on account of any discrepancy on part of merchandise planning   - Ensure excess category inventory is not maintained at the warehouses or the stores and there is proper adherence to the concept/territory ageing policy   Category Promotions :  - Provide inputs on the expected margins, possible price points and other parameters for promotions within the product category   - Help analyse the effectiveness of the promotions in achieving the targeted levels of sales and margins   - Help analyse the existing stock levels and liaise with the Buying/VM/Marketing team for timely roll out of promotional campaigns to maintain the territory / warehouse inventory holding norms as well to achieve targeted sales   In season Management :  - Ensure performance is monitored against plan for the assigned category/department, regularly supported by exception reporting   Ensure effective in season management of the assigned category/department through regular analysis and action planning across concept and territory, based on the performance around the following anchors :  - Sales vs. Stock   - Inflows/OTB   - Stock analysis   - Stock balancing   - Margin analysis  Skills :  - Category Promotions   - In Season Management   - Strategic Assortment Planning   - Inventory Optimization

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Planning Manager - Retail 

Planning Manager - Retail  ,Job Description for Planning Manager - Retail  in WowJobs in  Middle East Others for (7-11) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Planning Manager - Retail  in WowJobs in  Middle East Others for (7-11) years of experience. Apply Now!