Merchandise Planner

Our client, a well-known retail business catering to sports goods and accessories, based in Sharjah, is currently looking to hire a Retail Merchandise Planner, who has experience in any Sports or fashion footwear retail brand.

Responsibilities as a planner:

Drives sales plan through a consistent focus on studying the business, monitoring inventory, and sales performance, and providing analysis necessary to bring in new products to fit the needs of the customer.
Recommending promotional activities to achieve targeted inventory and sales goals.
Analyzing the zero seller reports and communicating to store managers to ensure the products are on display as per VM guidelines.
Meeting with suppliers and managing the distribution of stock. Ordering stocks, agreeing on timescales & delivery dates and completing the necessary paperwork.
Setting realistic S.M.A.R.T annual target phasing for stores.
Required advanced computer skills in Excel (v-lookups, pivot tables, complex formulas)

Responsibilities as a merchandiser:

Planning product ranges and preparing sales and stock plans in conjunction with buyers.
Analyzing actual sales results to plan and forecast season sales and inventories.
Monitor and analyses planned assortment by the door to achieve plan turn goals and ROI.
Controlling stock levels based on the forecasts for the season.
Analyzing every aspect of bestsellers and ensuring adequate qty is available.
Monitor slow sellers and take action to reduce the price or set promotions, as necessary.
Monitoring store capacity and analyzing historical data and current trends to mitigate risk and identify opportunities for profitable growth.
Setting up and maintaining seasonal range and allocation plan.
Working on data gathering and analyzing and organizing stock movement by tracking orders between stores and warehouses.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you need to meet the following requirements:

Bachelor s degree in business administration or any related courses.
Minimum 3-5 year s experience as a senior merchandiser.

Excellent merchandiser planning skills in retail fashion or sport merchandise.
Knowledgeable in the required field.