Commercial Planning Manager
- Location:
- Redditch jobs
,
Worcestershire jobs
- Salary:
- £45-50k + Bonus + Car + Package
- Company:
- Wilkinson Green Ltd
- Job type:
- Permanent jobs
- Date posted:
- 22/11/2009 18:02
- Job id:
- 45813022
- Contact:
- Simon Green
- Ref:
- Totaljobs
This market leading retailer are looking for a Commercial Planning Manager to cover either cycling or car enhancements based Redditch
The role of a Commercial Planning Manager will report into the Supply Chain operations Manager. You will be tasked to fully support the Trading teams with relevant information and analysis to help inform better commercial decisions. To hold regular consensus meeting with trading teams and external suppliers to review and update sales and intake plans to manage all aspects of category stock - availability, clearance etc.
Key Responsibilities
·Forecast (with trading team) company sales for own category
·Forecast all intake of stock by category in line with sales forecast and budget
·Propose and agree category stock targets in line with company stock budget
·Recommend and set category OTB with Supply Chain Operations Manager
·Manage and improve forecast accuracy for total category
·Manage stock turn for total category
·Produce timely stock reports and hold regular consensus meetings with category teams and suppliers
·Ensure in store availability in line with category targets
·Manage all elements of category stock and end of line requirements around obsolete and redundant stock
·Influence the decision making process around promotions and range review activities with trading teams
·Agree and manage seasonal stock build and exit plans
·Manage and own category stock profile and influence display requirements with space planning team
·Manage supplier relationships with more regular meetings
You will have a proven track record in retail merchandising or commercial planning. Not afraid to make big decisions, you'll analyse sales data and shape plans that will reduce costs, increase efficiency, maximise sales and create a strong strategic vision for the future. As we embrace an entrepreneurial culture, you must thrive on change and responsibility and be a confident communicator and relationship builder with excellent analytical skills. Resilient, tenacious and always positive, you'll also be the type of person who doesn't see problems, only solutions, and sees new challenges as new opportunities.
As the UK's leading retailer, on the basis of turnover, in each of the key product markets in which it operates, being:
·car maintenance (including car parts, servicing consumables (such as oil), workshop tools and body repair equipment);
·car enhancement (including in-car entertainment systems, cleaning products, accessories, interior and exterior car styling products, navigation systems and alloy wheels);
·leisure (including cycles and cycle accessories and roof boxes, cycle carriers, child car seats and outdoor leisure equipment).
The company Directors believe that they differentiates itself from its competitors through its national store portfolio, its broad product range, competitive pricing (achieved through scale of purchasing power), customer service offerings performed in-store by staff (e.g. fitting and repair services) and its strong brands.
Please email your CV, interviews to be held shortly.
