Promotional Inventory Planner

Summary of the role

End to end planning & coordination of promotional inventory - automotive parts & accessories. Analysis & evaluation. Rowville (VIC) or Brisbane/Sydney based.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Promotional Inventory Planning specialist within our Supply Chain Planning team at Rowville. Reporting to the Supply Planning Program Manager, this role will own the delivery of promotional inventory to support the Merchandise strategies for our Repco Retail promotional plans.

This role is ideally based at our National Support Office in Rowville, Victoria; however, strong consideration will be given to candidates interested in working from our Brisbane Support Office, located near the airport, or our Sydney Support Office in Chullora.

About the role

- Promotional inventory planning for retail catalogues and sales events is at the core of what we do, and flawless execution is our goal.

- You will be part of a high-performing and professional Supply Chain & Logistics team, responsible for delivering excellence in retail inventory management and execution for a range of annual retail events, including Easter catalogues, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Christmas, and many other exciting campaigns.

- Day-to-day activities are highly collaborative. You will need to adapt your communication style and processes to work closely with stakeholders across Merchandise, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Marketing teams. We plan together, execute together, and win together.

- Managing inventory and forecast analysis, quantifying our purchase and allocation requirements, liaising directly with suppliers and our distribution centres to allocate to over 400 Repco stores throughout Australia and New Zealand are key responsibilities. You will leverage a strong foundation of data literacy with tools such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, COGNOS, and our Mainframe ERP system to deliver meaningful planning, predictive analytics, and actionable outputs.

- This role requires a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end supply chain, ideally with promotional inventory planning experience—from demand planning and supply chain coordination to domestic and international logistics. Supporting our customer value proposition is paramount.

About YOU

- Strong communication skills at all levels of business combined with exceptional stakeholder management skills

- Be an efficient influencer who is intelligent with numbers, organised, proactive and a true team player that can work under pressure and juggle priorities in a dynamic, customer‑driven, retail environment

- Have a solid track record in retail supply chain planning and principles

- Be a superstar always looking for process improvement and optimisation opportunities within supply chain

- Exceptional data analytical, evaluation and interpretation skills

- A minimum Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Access Database knowledge will be favourably considered as will experience with COGNOS and Mainframe ERP systems

- Be customer‑centric and always focused on delivering the best outcomes to internal and external customers.

- Proactive in providing insights and recommendations to key stakeholders

- Ability to keep yourself and cross‑functional team members focused on timeline deliverables

- Possess not only analytical but common‑sense approaches to problems

- Passionate about what you do

Some of the reasons we love working at GPC

- Part of a global organisation, yet you feel part of a family

- Flexible working arrangements

- Successful, stable, growing business

- Support iconic and emerging Australian brands: Repco, NAPA, AMX, Sparesbox and more

- Attractive product discounts across all GPC AP businesses

- Strong rewards & recognition programs

- Access to GPC's exciting employee platform MOVE, unlocking amazing discounts at top retailers, business announcements, e‑cards and our employee recognition program, plus so much more

- A supportive team environment, where we work with supremely talented people

- Employee Assistance Program for team members and their families

- Career development prospectsStrong values‑based foundations

- Innovation and forward moving are a reality

About Us

With 100 years operational experience, and over 6000 employees GPC Asia Pacific is the largest automotive aftermarket parts supplier in Australia and New Zealand, supported by Genuine Parts Company in North America. GPC Asia Pacific is the parent company to brands such as Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and AMX, amongst others.

To find out more visit www.gpcasiapac.com

To submit your interest in this role, please click the Apply Now button, complete the GPC application form, and attach an up‑to‑date resume.

Looking after you

- Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies

- Private health insurance discounts

- Employee assistance program

- A highly safety conscious work environment

- We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top‑up allowance is one of the ways we do this

- Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation

- Access to GPC’s exciting employee platform MOVE, unlocking amazing discounts at top retailers, business announcements, e‑cards and our employee recognition program, plus so much more

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

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