Assistant Manager Planning

Open 44d

Responsibilities:

Responsible for reviewing stock to sales ratios, responding to changing sales trends, and ensuring plan sales, plan markups, and plan markdowns are achieved by brands.
Ensure achievement of budget and like-for-like growth for assigned department.
Manage inventory levels of assigned department at the store.
Ensure desired first price sell-thru for assigned department for each season.
Assist planning manager in preparation of buying budget and assortment plan for assigned department.
Ensure the realized margin targets for the department are met.
Ensure adequate mix of merchandise at the stores as per the set guidelines.
Ensure all core products availability at all times.
Launch new products and categories at the stores and ensure timely replenishment.
Regularly perform inter-store consolidations to maximize sell-thru.
Coordinate and liaise with retail team and buying team.
Prepare and review weekly reports with buying and retail team and plan out action plans to rectify concern areas.
Flag any sort of inventory concern to planning manager and concerned buying department head so that the situation can be handled efficiently.

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