As a Store Planner, you will be responsible for planning and distributing seasonal and replenishment stock to maximise sales, supporting store performance analysis, visual merchandising, new store setups, and resolving stock-related queries
Our ideal candidate is self-motivated and passionate about performance and driven by solutions. You'll need to bring your high energy level to keep up with the excitement of our retail environment!
So, what will you do?
Ensuring the accurate distribution of seasonal stock to optimise sales.
Ensuring the optimal distribution of non-seasonal and seasonal replenishment stock to optimise sales.
Delivering a location plan that allows for the clustering of stores at the required product level.
Delivering seasonal and non-seasonal replenishment profiles at the required product level.
Supplying inputs to the Seasonal look for the required visual merchandising.
Analysing store performance and providing accurate and timeous information in order to optimise business decision making.
Ensuring new stores are stocked to plan.
Assisting stores in resolving any queries relating to stock.
What experience & qualifications do you need?
A minimum of 2-3 years sound experience in store planning within a clothing retail environment is an important requirement.
The following additional experience would be ideal:
Previous store management experience
Previous exposure to general logistics and supply chain processes
Experience working in planning systems such as Location Planning, JDA Allocation Planning and/or Just Enough
Experience in planning high replenishment products and good understanding of cross-dock processes
A working knowledge of the latest Microsoft packages (Word & Excel) is essential.
Experience in working at an advanced level in Excel would be a definite advantage.
The following qualification would be ideal:
Grade 12 Certificate/Matric is essential.
A National Diploma or Degree in Business/Retail Management or Accounting/Finance would be beneficial.
The Ackermans story goes back as far as 1916, when Gus Ackerman opened the first store in Wynberg in Cape Town. His vision for the store was to create a place where customers could find great products at fantastic prices, which is exactly what Ackermans became. Ackermans was, subsequently, bought by the Pepkor Group in 1986.
Today, there are more than 850 Ackermans stores in 5 countries, making us a leading value fashion retailer for the whole family – continuously setting the standard for value and affordability. With a wide selection of fashion for ladies, kids, babies and men, as well as homeware, cellular and key financial products, we’ll keep bringing value to your life every day.
Our purpose at Ackermans is: Bringing Value to Life, and it lies at the heart of everything we do, whether it’s to the lives of our customers and employees, or to the wider community and value retailing as a whole.
The secret to our success is simple – people. Hiring people who love what they do, and giving them every opportunity to shine. In fact, at Ackermans we’re so committed to this philosophy that we’ve named our staff members Phadimas – which means ‘shine’ in Northern Sotho. Every day, each of our employees is encouraged to shine, reach for the stars and take each other, and the Ackermans brand, to new heights of achievement and success.
We firmly believe that the future of our company rests in the hands of the people we employ. As such, every new Ackermans Phadima is put through a rigorous selection process and chosen with the greatest of care. This process ensures that each new Phadima is a perfect fit for our company culture, and will thrive in our environment of encouragement, motivation and inspiration.
If you feel that this is an environment that you could succeed in, we’d love for you to join us. View our current vacancies, and we could soon be welcoming you on-board as our newest Ackermans Phadima!
