Merchandise Planner (Footwear/Accessories & Home and Food)

Job Title:    Merchandise Planner (Footwear/Accessories & Home and Food)
Job Ref.:    44783
Job Location:    Sydney
Employer:    David Jones
About Us
As Australia's premier shopping destination, David Jones aims to provide the best branded department store shopping experience to everyone we serve, anywhere, anytime, every time. We do this by providing an environment that is thriving and dynamic, where every employee is valued and their contribution rewarded. As we continue to grow our brand, the opportunities are limitless for our people to achieve their full potential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Merchandise Planner to provide and implement analytical, administrative and process disciplines and innovations to a nominated group of Buyers.

Currently we have vacancies across our Footwear and Accessories and our Home and Food categories.

Job Minimum Requirements:

•     Previous retail merchandise planning experience
•     Strong numerical and analytical skills
•     Ability to balance competing deadlines
•     Strong negotiation and communication skills
•     Apparel experience desirable

Job Duties:

•     Establish, implement, manage and report on Buyer sales, GP and stock forecasts to agreed formats
•     Implement and monitor Buyer budgets
•     Set and maintain Buyer prices curves by store grid as it applies to the strategy
•     Maintain Buyer brand maps by store grid as it applies to the strategy
•     Manage Buyer OTB (including Basic Stock) and purchase order authorisation
•     Manage purchased quantities to ensure each Buyer achieves financial outcomes
•     Ensure that the distribution of OTB across size, colour and cluster mix reflects historical data so that financial results are optimised
•     Implement assortment planning process with Buyer
•     Maintain continual reporting on stock profile to agreed formats
•     In conjunction with Buyer, quantify (by store) stock for marketing initiatives
•     To agree with Buyer all seasonal items, and promotional stock quantities for each store
•     Monitor advertising support and performance as it applies to the strategy
•     Establish, implement and monitor supplier fulfilment performance
•     Provide information and recommendations to Buyers to ensure basic stock policy and procedure is applied

Deadline Date: 07/02/2014

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