Merchandise Planner

3 weeks ago

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia Kmart Full time

Unlock Your Potential

Kmart is a leading retailer with a rich history of innovation and customer satisfaction. We're seeking an experienced General Merchandise Planner to join our team and contribute to our strategic growth.

As a key member of our planning team, you'll play a vital role in ensuring we have the right stock in the right place at the right time. Your expertise will help us understand our customers, improve inventory efficiencies, and drive commercial outcomes towards our strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and managing merchandise financial plans to achieve sales, profit, stockturn, and ROI budgets
  • Delivering key profit objectives through innovation, customer orientation, inventory management, and analysis
  • Establishing strategies to satisfy our target customer in line with merchandise strategy
  • Trading our business to maximize every opportunity and minimize risks
  • Controlling a significant Open to Buy
  • Forecasting stock requirements to maximize revenue, margin, and stock turn performance
  • Collaborating with buyers and the broader team

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

  • Strong commercial acumen and numerical skills, with high levels of attention to detail
  • Ability to observe, interpret, and act upon trends in customer behavior
  • Highly inquisitive, self-driven, with strong organizational skills
  • Ability to develop accurate financial plans, assortment plans relevant to the customer, and deliver financial outcomes
  • Quantification of individual products over time
  • Ability to articulate observations, reasons for actions taken, and high levels of persuasiveness
  • Proficiency with business intelligence tools, Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Business, Commerce, or Retail-related degree
  • Planning experience across various categories is advantageous
  • Planning experience within General Merchandise

We offer a dynamic learning and support program, competitive remuneration, flexible working arrangements, and a range of benefits, including a discount card for Kmart, Target, Officeworks, and Bunnings, plus other perks. Join us and contribute to making everyday living brighter for our customers.

A Place You Can Belong

We celebrate the diversity of our communities and are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to be their best, and we encourage applications from all candidates.

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