Head Of Planning

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Talent Matters Full time

AU & NZ Fashion Retailer - 100 + stores
- Generous salary including bonus
- 1 day WFH
- Waterloo Head Office

**The Company**

Our client is a growing and successful apparel retailer with over 100 retail stores and a strong Ecommerce presence, both in Australia and New Zealand. Well-known for their quality products at affordable price points, they are continually growing and expanding their business.

**Position Description**

The Head of Planning will be responsible for managing the entire merchandise planning function of the business end to end, delivering a dynamic strategy to optimise inventory, increase sales and profit as well as grow market share.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will be a strong collaborator with stakeholders across the business that is commercially minded and can strategically look at how to manage inventory in both Australia and New Zealand, whilst managing a small team.

**Key responsibilities**
- Create and implement seasonal merchandise plans for 100+ stores, across apparel, footwear and accessories
- Analyse sales trends, historical data and market insights to make informed recommendations to the business
- Work with the Heads of Retail and Marketing to effectively manage the seasonal promotional calendar
- Oversee all stock allocations and consolidations
- Develop and evolve the merchandise planning strategy and management of inventory/stock
- Monitor and adjust sales forecasts based on market dynamics
- Manage the yearly budgeting process in conjunction with their Finance team
- Partner with their Head of Product to maximise all sales opportunities
- Work cross functionally with Heads of Retail, Production and Product as well as shared services, warehousing and logistics, to optimise inventory at all levels
- Partner with their Head of Operations to drive initiatives such as Ship from store, Click N collect
- Oversee store and warehouse stocktakes
- Drive margin growth through agile and dynamic management of markdowns
- Partner with their production team to effectively manage core programmes and seasonal capacities
- Coach, manage and lead the Planning team

**To be successful within this role, you will have**
- 3-5 + years' experience in Head of Planning/Planning Manager role, ideally within a high volume fashion retail environment
- Excellent leadership and coaching abilities
- Strong ability to interpret data, analytics and retail sales trends
- Strategic mindset with the ability to influence and guide
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills
- Commercial acumen to drive business performance

**Benefits and Culture**
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
- Generous employee discount
- A collaborative and high performing team environment
- Career opportunities with ability to influence and grow

**How to Apply**

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