Category Planning

JOB TITLE: Category Planner

FUNCTIONAL AREA: Apparel

REPORTS TO: Category Head

POSITIONS OBJECTIVE: (Brief on position’s objective)

Support category head(s) on demand & supply planning for the upcoming season

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Inventory Management:

• Ensure that the stock level of the category is within the prescribed limits as per company norms
• Monitor the stock cover to maintain optimum stock turns
• Tweak forward month buying based on the projected closing stock of the current and forward months
• Allocation & replenishment to stores as per capacity & customer profile.
• Stock rotation in market & Stock monitoring at the PH

• Category Planning
• Prepare option plan
• Create buy plan to breakup monthly targets and distribute the buying for the month accordingly
• Prepare OTB Plan
• Propose the bi annual discount list
• Prepare & do periodic review of yearly ISQ projections
• Prepare monthly ISQ plan - value wise, quantity wise
• Send monthly buy plan and product presentation to the markets to enable them to do store stock planning
• Dispatch Planning

• DL template planning with markets
• Upload DL on Fabconnect as per DL Upload request
• Enable special requests from store/ customer request through stock rotation or from the product warehouse
• MIS & Analysis

• Review costings style wise to ensure targeted GP & flag negative deviations from the targeted GP
• Generate department wise sales report, hierarchy wise sales and stock report, current month SKU wise sale report, ISQ stock out report, TR tracker report, Promotional trackers & provide insights
• Monitor store performance for the category

JOB SPECIFICATION: (QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE)

• Years of Functional Experience: Min 4-6 years of relevant experience in retail industry
• Degree/Diploma: MFM NIFT / Pearl / MBA
• Role: Team Management

• Knowledge & Skills:

• Product Knowledge
• Markets & geographies
• Category Planning
• Retail Operations
• Inventory Management
• Commercial Acumen

ANNEXURE A:

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED: (includes behavioural and functional competency)

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

FOCUS ON RESULTS:

• Process oriented with focus on improving quality/efficiency by consistently setting high performance standards through holding self/team accountable
• Pushes important initiatives in face of uncertainty through perseverance and retained focus

INNOVATION & OPENNESS TO LEARNING:

• Demonstrates active curiosity and focus on developing one’s competencies within and outside own work area
• Finds novel approaches for completing work assignments while working within the established system and focussing on introducing new procedures/methods and successfully bringing the change

CUSTOMER FOCUS:

• Understands immediate & long-term goals of internal & external customer/stakeholder and works proactively to address potential problems
• Partnering with customers/stakeholders to devise cost effective solutions for meeting their expectations and going extra mile to drive customer delight

DECISION MAKING:

• Prompt recognition & timely resolution of crises/issues and seizing opportunities
• Skilled in making decisions with available (even inconclusive) inputs and committed to act without delay

ENTREPRENEURIAL & STRATEGIC ORIENTATION:

• Demonstrates clear understanding of products and drivers of financial health/stability
• Understands the impact of own actions and decisions leading to taking calculated risks based on analysis of ROI/cost benefit

PLANNING & ANALYSIS:

• Prioritizes and multitasks with systematic time management and get unique effective solutions by connecting dots

TEAMWORK:

• Supports team by aligning them by understanding their abilities and work styles
• Manage conflicting views within team and enable partnerships while leveraging cross functional relationships to achieve goals
• Prioritizing team’s agenda

COMMUNICATION:

• Uses appropriate vocabulary and high impact written communication in line with need & audience to achieve attention & desired results