Commercial Planner, Global Franchise

**REPORTING INTO: General Manager, Global Franchise**

**About The Company**

Exciting, new to market, global retail brand launch. This business designs, produces, and sells stylish, seasonal pieces alongside vibrant, contemporary essentials for everyday use, with a strong emphasis on sustainability. The franchise currently operates in 37 countries with nearly 1,000 stores and has ambitious global growth plans, including a rapid expansion in Australia. Due to contractual obligations, we cannot reveal the name of the company but this will be released on Monday 9th September 2024.

**Job purpose**

The Commercial Planner will be responsible for providing a structured, highly commercial and strategic input to the franchise market’s plans activities and performance reviews. The role plays a critical part in the achievement of the company's objectives. They will be responsible for the commitment order for the franchise partner.

This person will be the main commercial point of contact between the franchise partner and the global organisation to monitor and implement product pricing as well as taking care of logístical and operational aspects so that products are always present at the right time at the right price in the right quantity.

**Duties and responsibilities**
- Ensure implementation of the weekly/monthly/yearly commercial plan for stores based on global guidelines.
- Ensures the execution of the concept in close collaboration with the local retail teams.
- Create a proactive and relevant annual Commercial calendar and planning framework.
- Develop deeper data analytics and reporting to support proactive Trading initiatives in the Retail Team, including deeper understanding in category and price points.
- Working alongside other partner functional managers to support delivery of business objectives in store Sales, Productivity, Store EBITDA and Inventory.
- Mainly responsible for the end-to-end commitment order process
- Prepare commitment orders (together with input from other functions and Regional Managers locally)
- Ensuring orders support LFL sales growth and margin targets
- Observe campaigns and validate replenishment orders
- Assess needs for additional push orders
- Manage discrepancies of product orders
- Plan and confirm local price adjustments where needed
- Implement standardised product lifecycle routines
- Handle product flow between/ to stores to optimise availability and stock holding
- Take care of outbound handling
- To be the main contact point for Logistics and Commercial Trade
- Follow up on picking mistakes with Logistics
- Implement inventory management routines to optimise stock holding and mitigate margin erosion

**Commercial Planner core skills**
**- **Ability to analyse costs / margins and report effectively
- High levels of Commercial acumen/awareness and attention to detail
- Experience interpreting commercial risks and drivers
- Experience working through a sales process
- Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to interrogate and analyze information in order to drive financial and business decision
- Operations or business execution experience essential

**Personal Characteristics**
- Flexible and pragmatic attitude
- Ability to connect, build relations and communicate effectively
- Ability to engage, motivate and mobilise teams
- Great organizational skills and ability to perform and adapt to a high demand, time-sensitive, fast-paced changing environment
- Effective communication skills

**Salary**:$90k + Super + Bonus

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $90,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person