Posted Nov 14, 2014
Reporting Line: Merchant
Summary:
The planning officer is responsible for providing support to the Planners and ensuring that relevant product plans are prepared and enforced on time.
Role and Responsibilities:
To support the Planners in preparing seasonal assortment placement plans and formulating the product lifecycle to ensure timely placement of promotions and price cuts.
Key Result Areas:
- Evaluate profitability for in-season sales, financial and inventory performance and suggested adjustments as needed for the assigned unit.
- Plan the effective utilization of allotted budget in the procurement, placement and inventory management of the products.
- Create seasonal financial plans to guarantee optimal inventory investment, increase merchandise flow, and reduce markdowns to maximize profitability.
- Propose markdowns on low performing items.
- Support Planners in the preparation of monthly pre-season distribution and in-season replenishment plan on the basis of products, stores and warehouses by providing sales targets with stock standards for each planned SKU.
- Prepare sales and purchase plans and follow-up with the monthly production targets.
- Prepare reports on never-out-of-stock items.
Critical Dimensions:
- Ensure that the plans for the product’s lifecycle and maturity are prepared pre-season launch.
- Allocate budget efficiently to ensure that all products are available as and when required.
- Report on the sales and update statuses against each product’s performance.
- Handle the in-season replenishment plan for the assigned product category.
Key Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Ability to handle large datasets.
- Experienced in use of statistical softwares.
- Problem solving skills.
- Ability to critically analyze situations and come up with relevant solutions.
Job Details
Service Sales Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
Service Sales Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. (SSC) being Pakistan’s leading retailer has always been at the forefront of taking new initiatives to provide the best experience to our customers across Pakistan. Operating through a network of more than 500 retail stores and exceeding 2500 independent retailers in our wholesale network across Pakistan, SSC today has the largest retail presence in Pakistan. SSC is primarily a retail company with two main lines of business – footwear and pharmacy retail. Footwear brands operate under the banner of Servis and Shoe Planet whereas the pharmacy business operates under the banner of Servaid. In footwear, SSC runs most of its business under the retail banner of Servis which is a family footwear store catering to the needs of the entire family. SSC has made considerable investments in this brand and today Servis is one of the leading super-brands of Pakistan that personifies dynamism and trust simultaneously. Shoe Planet is SSC’s premium footwear retail brand which houses leading international brands in a cutting edge retail environment. SSC also partners with leading brands from around the world like ECCO, Clarks, Nike, Hush Puppies, Pierre-Cardin, Urban Sole, IMAC & CAT and provides them with commercial avenues to tap into the land of opportunity that is Pakistan. Beyond footwear, SSC has diversified into pharmacy retail business with its brand Servaid, which is currently the largest chain of pharmacies in Pakistan. Servaid is presently servicing more than 10,000 consumers every day through professionally trained pharmacists with authentic medicines and a high quality environment.
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