Assistant Brand Planner

Role

Exciting role for an experienced Planner. In this role, you will be in a unique hybrid position that will have key responsibilities in both the demand and inventory stock planning for assigned brands. You will efficiently and effectively collaborate with teams in product, brand, warehouse, sourcing/manufacturing, and finance to grow revenue and profitability through improving supply line planning and forecast accuracy. You will ensure that orders are received, shipped on-time, and inventory reports are fully up-to-date at all times.

Key Responsibilities

1. Deliver maximum product availability in the category within budgeted inventory targets through effective end-to-end management of supply.
2. Forecast future inventory based on historical buys, recurring buys, and current inventory levels.
3. Make seasonal recommendations on the assortment plans in alignment with the Product Managers.
4. Align the collections to have a perfectly executed phase ins, phase outs, and liquidation lines.
5. Place orders with suppliers and manage overall stock within the parameters defined by the Commercial Head, based on the approvals acquired.
6. Generate monthly sales, stock, and related open to buy reports across various inter-group companies.
7. Manage stock flow from source to partners/distributors in line with budget/sales targets, ensuring just-in-time deliveries.
8. Reduce overstock inventory and highlight slow-selling products to Sales Managers, pushing all such liquidated stocks to various markets/regions.
9. Work closely with product/sales teams to ensure clean exits of discontinued lines.
10. Provide regular analysis of product trends and recommendations that support effective inventory management to senior management.
11. Plan and work closely with key accounts to ensure customer requirements are met, resulting in brand loyalty and increased business.
12. Work closely with the CSD and procurement teams to ensure supply meets demand at all times.
13. Organize, check, and distribute product information to departments.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience: 2-3 years of experience in stock planning is a must, ideally working with multiple categories.
• Skills: Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Motivation: Self-motivated individual who can work independently and within a team.
• Numerical Comprehension: High level of numerical comprehension.
• PC Skills: Strong expertise in PC skills including MS Office, especially advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables/charts, VLOOKUP, and handling of multiple large datasets.
• Pressure Handling: Capable of working under pressure and to deadlines.
• Industry Experience: Experience in the luxury industry will be a plus.
• Organization: Excellent organization skills and time management.
• Availability: Being immediately available is a definite advantage.