Merchandising Planner
RA Sport
Total years of experience :15 years, 0 months
-Maintain, organize and prepare sales reports for all brands, products, categories and price levels including best/worst sellers and using this to aid future buying decisions, maximizing sales and minimizing risk.
-Plan deliveries in line with sales targets & % mix by category, price level and stock levels to achieve sales, profitability and turnover
-Understand product and pricing analysis to inform pricing strategy and manage all spend within budgetary requirements
-Work closely with your Merchandising team to make selections from identified Brands based on robust analysis of sales and inventory data, developing the assortment within your category and working to budget and price levels as defined by, and with, the Merchandising team
-Constantly negotiate new & improved working terms with global suppliers to help achieve target margin & MMU on all orders up to clearance in line with buying strategy and KPIs.
-Accumulate trend information and generally maintain market awareness in keeping with our target customer to inform and analyze buying decisions and product performance.
-Proactively identify strong and weak selling items and making adjustments to your selection strategy accordingly.
-Meet and manage suppliers with a view to building robust and preferential relationships and secure timely delivery of orders.
-Ensure timely and accurate replenishment of stock
-Maximizing sales and margins. Understanding the price positioning of the products and gleaning knowledge of how the design and specification of the accessories impacts on the target cost price. Ensuring all products are developed within these perimeters.
-Target and acquire Brands based on style knowledge and understanding of Jumia‘s target customer as well as identify new categories and product opportunities.
-Favorable credit terms with vendors
-Favorable discounts and margins with vendors
-Accurate fulfillment of budgets