Junior Planner

**Work with an historic British retailer and growing international brand**:

- **Fast paced, contemporary working environment**:

- **Flexible work from home/office arrangement**

**About the Company**

WHSmith is an historic British retailer focusing on news, books and convenience, and is a renowned, competitive leader in the travel market worldwide. Our Australian operations, under which 7 brands currently operate, are rapidly expanding and since WHSmith is expected to continue this growth, we are looking for a passionate Junior Planner to join us on this journey.

**About the Role**

The Junior Planner position is primarily to create planograms for all our core categories and use data to generate insights in optimisation of the mix through merchandising. We are looking for someone junior who is eager to grow their career in a varied Retail/FMCG business.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Working with Buyers and Store operation to develop store planograms based on customer shopping behaviours
- Analyse product adjacencies to adjust layouts to increase sales and ATV for each store
- Analysis of data (margin, rate of sale analysis etc.) to ensure optimum range construction and ongoing improvement of the customer offer
- Work with vendors and buyers to obtain product information and pictures needed to capture planograms and maintain POG library
- Works with Buyers to maintain planogram integrity in support of store operations team
- Creating and maintaining planograms in-house using Spaceman

**Skills & Experience**
- Relevant work experience in a retail business either in merchandising, management or inventory
- Relevant work experience in a commercial/analytical role is desirable but not required
- Graduates with relevant degrees in Business, Commerce or Finance will be considered
- Intermediate Excel Skills/sound working knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables/V-Look Ups) and an ability to interpret detailed reports
- High level of numeracy
- Ability to understand layouts and floor plans
- Strong administration skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong commercial skills and market interpretation
- Excellent organisation and planning skills
- Engaging, influencing and negotiation