Merchandise Planner

**What we're like
At BIG W everyday’s a big day. For you, this could be the start of something big.

There are over 15,000 of us, in the biggest cities and the tiniest towns. And each of us has an important role to play to help make a real difference for families by providing real value, real solutions and real care.

If you have a passion for designing and delivering great customer and team experiences, a desire to join a business that is rapidly evolving into a purpose led digital retailer enabled by a great store network, and you’re looking for a place that cares about your development and growth, you could be who we’re looking for.
- Strategic role to deliver BIG W’s transformation journey
- Great career development with supportive leadership
- Innovative, agile and flexible culture

**The role
As a Merchandise Planner you will co-create plans, forecasts and parameters that ensure our range has the right mix, quantity and price to drive sales, profit and optimise inventory. The role looks after planning the Home (Kitchen & Tabletop) categories. This critical role is also responsible for:

- Developing merchandise financial plans informed by top-down and bottom-up data
- Developing the option plan and setting a framework within which Buyers can select ranges; work with buyer to ensure range is bought within plan parameters and OTB
- Developing models and forecasts to support accurate financial planning and to optimise stock and sales
- Interrogate reports, provide insights and recommendations
- Ensuring optimum stock levels are maintained, managing stock movements, reviewing items for clearance and controlling aged inventory

**About You
To be successful in this role and thrive in our high-performance culture, you don't necessarily need a background in planning for Home categories. However, you will have a passion to deliver great customer experience as well as extensive experience using tools like Assortment Planning to partner with commercial leads to drive business insight decisions.

As a Planner, you will have successfully traded a sizeable category in terms of $ value or have at least 5 years experience planning a 'Home' based category. You will also have the following:

- Commercial acumen - deliver results through others and thinks ahead
- Strong analytical thinking with the ability to interpret results, analyse and plan for the future
- Stakeholder management - is able to influence and positively engage with others.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and be adaptable to change
- Attention to detail with an ability to work to deadlines

**What's in it for you?
- Leading and contributing to the key element of BIG W Transformation journey
- Opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest and best minds in Australia both across BIG W and Woolworths
- Tech options - Woolworths is the largest employer of Google Apps in Australia, are early adopters of Agile and have BYOD options too
- An exciting career - as our business grows, so do the opportunities for our people
- Flexibility and work-life balance policies that will help you thrive

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