Junior Planner Mr Price Sport

The Junior Planner manages the product lifecycle over a multi-period view to maximise sales and gross profit for cellular by developing, forecasting, and actively managing accurate budget plans and stock allocation and fulfilment targets.

What you bring: 

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Commerce, Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Retail Business Management or a related field.
• 1–2 years’ relevant experience.
• Strong numeracy, analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Retail-market and industry knowledge, including an understanding of supply and demand.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and confidence working with planning data, forecasts and reports.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams.
• Commercial acumen, an understanding of customer needs, and interest in merchandise and business processes across stores and the Distribution Centre.
• Working knowledge of internal MRPG systems will be advantageous.

Key working relationships; 

You will work closely with Planning Management, Planners and Trainee Planners, Location Planning, Buying, QA, Sourcing and Supply Chain, Operations, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, E-commerce and the Distribution Centre. You will also engage with suppliers and external training providers where required.

Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.

Post-mortem and seasonal strategy

• Analyse portfolio performance versus plan, current trade, product and supplier performance, market activity and missed opportunities.
• Extract prior