Manager - Planning

Role Overview

Manager - Planning at Apparel Group, responsible for planning, inventory management, and sales performance across assigned departments.

Role Purpose

Oversee planning operations to achieve sales, markup, and markdown targets while maintaining optimal inventory levels, margin performance, and product availability across assigned departments.

Key Responsibilities

Sales & Financial Performance

• Review stock to sales ratios and respond to changing sales trends.
• Ensure plan sales, plan markups, and plan markdowns are achieved by brands.
• Ensure achievement of budget and like-for-like (LFL) growth for assigned department.
• Ensure the realized margin target for the department is met.
• Ensure desired first price sell-thru for assigned department for each season.

Inventory Management

• Manage inventory levels of assigned department at the store.
• Ensure adequate mix of merchandise at the stores as per the set guidelines.
• Ensure all CORE products availability at all times.
• Regularly perform inter-store consolidations to maximize sell-thru.
• Flag any inventory concern to planning manager and concerned buying department head for efficient resolution.

Planning & Assortment

• Assist planning manager in preparation of buying budget and assortment plan for assigned department.
• Launch new products and categories at the stores.
• Ensure timely replenishment of new products and categories.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate and liaise with retail team and buying team.
• Prepare and review reports with buying and retail team weekly.
• Plan out action plan to rectify concern areas identified in weekly reviews.