Jobs in Letchworth, uk

Our Retail Centre Planning Assistant Opportunity

The retail centre planning assistant will be responsible for ensuring that products appear in the right retail centre, at the appropriate time and in the correct quantities. This involves working closely with the demand planning, inbound, outbound and commercial teams to accurately forecast trends, plan stock levels and monitor performance.

Whilst the demand planner will select the profile available, the retail centre planning assistant will decide what width of SKUs should be stored and potential commercial gaps and the optimum depth of stock considering available logistics capacity, centre capacity and regional variations.

The retail planning assistant plays a key role within the organisation, as profitability can be affected by how successfully they undertake their work. Retail planners will have to consider the prices and promotions to maximise profits and manage the performance of ranges, planning promotions and stock returns as necessary. They will also oversee delivery and distribution of stock and liaise with suppliers and supply chain.

The retail planning assistant will also need to understand what is going on in the market place in relation to competition and general market statistics. Knowing about your customers' needs and economic trends in general will enable you to make sound and rational decisions.

This permanent role is based upon 40hrs / week between Monday and Friday, which after a successful training and induction period will operate on a Hybrid basis to include one day per week working from home.

What you will be doing

• Developing, maintaining and reviewing centre stock profiles for 800 retail centres, in line with business requirements e.g. commercial targets / promotions / brand switches / business streams etc. Facilitate the update of each retail centre at leastonce per yaer for a full review
• Managing new projects related to retail centre stock profile development Champion new initiatives and communicate to divisional directors and operations managers
• Managing the BWO system, problem resolution, system analysis and development testing to help improve performance
• Resolve queries from retail centres on profiles, capacity, replenishment etc
• Implementation strategy for the launch of new brands at centres
• Develop and provide weekly, monthly profiling performance review & design a KPI communication for management team.
• Maximise retail estate space in terms or profitability, range, price, width and depth of stock available an provide reports to illustrate market coverage and share
• Reviewing and taking corrective action on surplus stock, slow stock and aging stock
• Monitor and review all local orders outside of profiles and work with demand planners to understand the variances and mitigate through FC amendments, profile amendments and / or education of centre staff
• Working closely with logistics to manage outbound volume in line with businesses requirements Ensure logistics constraints are correct for changing demand volumes
• Working closely with inbound team to ensure that retail availability is maximised though availability and net stock calculations
• Creating a contingency order if the system fails to produce one
• Planning seasonal and promotional stock at retail centres
• Monitoring slow sellers and taking action to remove from profiles, reduce prices or return stock as necessary
• Updating and reviewing system over-ride user tables
• Production of Business Reports e.g. Aged Stock Reports / RC Availability Reports etc.
• Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with any problems or delays as they arise by switching to alternate parts
• Coaching, training and supervising junior staff

About You

Benefits

For the right candidate we can offer a career path with development, in a stable working environment.

Benefits include performance related bonus, pension, life assurance, annual holidays increasing with service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), generous discount & cash back scheme with major retailers, as well as staff discounts with ETEL Group automotive companies.

So please apply and join us on our journey!