Job description

We require a talented, creative and hands-on individual for our marketing department.

Preferably with HTML, layout, in design and publishing experience.

Scope of responsibilities

• Responsible for graphic design for all brands
• Responsible for increasing the social network platform/increase our database
• Assist with all marketing events and promotions
• Communicate effectively with all role-players
• Meet all deadlines

Key performance areas:

Planning                                                                                                                                                                                

• Prepare monthly store targets
• Manage stock benchmarks and receipt plan
• Management of store launch report and line-plans for stock receipts into the warehouse
• Manage despatch and allocation process with the assistance of merchandise controller and allocators.
• Manage and update store profiles
• Core analysis – size, collections, silhouette
• Monitor stock sell-through rates and stock cover of product mix and recommend actions for low/high levels of stock
• Identify slow selling styles for markdown and administer the markdown process

Budget forecasting                                                                                                                                                            

• Current sales performance
• In-season analysis
• Margin management
• GP tracking

Reporting                                                                                                                                                                             

• Average Customer Purchase (ACP) report
• Weekly summary report
• Stock and sales report
• Reporting on core stock availability, stock entrances and exits, etc
• Report fast and slow sellers
• Post seasonal analysis

Performance management                                                                                                                                               

• Manage performance of team
• Conduct two performance evaluations per year with each team member
• Ensure development and motivation of each team member

Experience

• Three to four years’ plus of planning/merchandise experience in retail merchandise planning, demand forecast; inventory management, inventory allocation or replenishment, financial planning or financial analysis;

Education

• Matric
• Bachelors degree in a relevant discipline (accounting/Mathematics) would be preferable; otherwise on the job experience of three to four years’ plus a requirement.
• Excel at highest level

Requirements

• Assortment/attribute planning experience;
• Create, manipulate, automate and manage reports in Excel
• Ability to identify data integrity issues and work across departments to ensure internal control of data
• Ability to organise and prioritise work schedules in order to meet deadlines
• Creative problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and analytical skills;
• Exceptional communication, influencing, negotiation and presentations skills;
• Ability to identify and influence critical stakeholders, build collaborative cross-functional partnerships,
• And proactively solve problems and recommend solutions;
• Exposure to planning, finance, analytical, data management systems;
• Adept at various forecasting methodologies and statistical modelling.

Advantageous

• Creativity – thinking out of the box
• Good communication, language and social skills
• Brand, trend and fashion awareness
• Retail or fashion experience
• Planning and coordination

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Good positive attitude and enthusiasm
• Hands on and hard working
• Good focus and can see the bigger picture
• Good team player
• Open to new ways of working
• Finding solutions and not problems
• Passion for merchandise and retailing
• Goal oriented
• Eagerness to learn