STORE PLANNER FOR MIDDLE EAST

Opening with a billion dollar Middle east co into apparels 

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• Responsible to allocate specific product ranges to stores, maximizing the full sales potential.
• Analyze and  identify sales opportunities and minimize the effects of slow  merchandise through MIS analysis .
• Communicate to stores with regards to highlighting opportunities to drive sales and influencing agreed departmental layout
• Deliver  excellent standards of allocation using systems and best practices
• Manage inventory flow by region, store, and store groups (to include store size, climate, seasonally, capacity, etc.) to budget
• Plan proactively, react, communicate, and take appropriate action to meet and exceed budget
• Implement store assortments in conjunction with buying team, considering store groups (to include store size, climate, seasonally, capacity, etc.) so as to maximize sales, gross profit and GMROI
• Analyze, monitor and recap core item selling and inventory levels weekly to ensure proper store group/store balance
• Provide quantitative analysis to support planning, buying and retail (CM) decisions both preseason and in- season to maximize opportunities
• Ensure that all product is shipped in compliance with product launch dates and new store opening dates
• Evaluate adjustments to plans and allocations for performance trends and inventory levels.

• Create plans and forecast that are consistent with the stores' potential to sell
• Create and maintain smooth product flows by development of outbound flow from the DC on specific timelines
• Consolidate, analyze and communicate size and location based performance, including sales/inventory comparisons, seasonality and marketing impacts with the manager
• Utilize analysis to identify profit opportunities and communicate the same to the manager
• Maintain a replenishment process and recommend changes for optimization
• Review team targets & replenishment parameters on a weekly basis with the manager
• Analyze size selling at store level and revise buys to reflect current trends in discussion with the line manager
• Recommend to Country managers / regional managers the consolidation of broken sizes and colors to best performing locations with approvals from allocation manager
• Maximize the sales of best sellers by maintaining optimum inventory levels
• Maintain reports to track status of aged inventory and discontinued inventory and discuss the same with Manager for further action
• Manage inventory flow to maintain assortment balance
• Track warehouse inventory status
• Develop and publish allocation recap by day, by store and discuss the same with the manager for action
• Communicate store needs to Buying and Planning
• Manage Key Item stock levels to maximize sales and profitability – Important (need support from Regional Inventory coordinators)
• Recommend markdowns by SKU to planning and  markdown team
• Execute the allocation of product to stores and warehouse (3^rd party –forward cover) and meet weekly allocation goals for stores – (Important (keep as daily bench mark)
• Develop and implement new store allocation plan/ re-fit stores  to ensure proper inventory levels and product mix with approvals from the manager
• Train & develop team members and support manager to induct new team members
• Meet and agree all performance target and ways f working

·       Ensure that personal behavior reflects the vision and   values of the business

• Any other work assigned in respect to business.

Qualifications  & Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent business experience,
• 3-5 years experience in Allocation is desirable
• A strong quantitative aptitude, a keen sense of curiosity, eye for detail and passion for retail
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills, proactive and an excellent  team player
• Strong PC and Excel skills

·         Capabilities and hat you are responsible to achieve

What you are responsible to achieve

• Stock flow management  between CDC and RDC as per assigned region and country
• Stock balances per country per store
• Allocation per trends (sales; needs)
• Right stock , Right quantities , Right place
• Maximize sales by doing proper allocation and dispatch to regions
• Maintaining inventory level of CDC as well as regions
• Balancing the stock allocation as per store’s ideal inventory (under process)
• Prioritize dispatch as per business needs by keeping track of receipt of each shipment
• Co-ordination with CDC about the status of shipments allocated and dispatch status respectively.