Store Planner: Beauty & Home

Ackermans is seeking a Store Planner for their Beauty & Home department. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial thinking, sharp analytical skills, and a proven ability to analyze data. This role involves optimizing sales through accurate and optimal distribution of seasonal and non-seasonal stock, developing location plans and replenishment profiles, providing inputs for visual merchandising, analyzing store performance, and ensuring new stores are stocked according to plan. The planner will also assist stores with stock-related queries.

Must Have

• Ensuring accurate distribution of seasonal stock to optimise sales.
• Ensuring optimal distribution of non-seasonal and seasonal replenishment stock to optimise sales.
• Delivering a location plan for store clustering at the required product level.
• Delivering seasonal and non-seasonal replenishment profiles at the required product level.
• Supplying inputs to the Seasonal look for required visual merchandising.
• Analysing store performance and providing accurate information for business decisions.
• Ensuring new stores are stocked to plan.
• Assisting stores in resolving stock-related queries.
• Minimum 2-3 years experience in store planning within retail.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word & Excel.
• Grade 12 Certificate/Matric.

Good to Have

• Previous store management experience.
• Previous exposure to general logistics and supply chain processes.
• Experience working in planning systems such as Location Planning, JDA Allocation Planning and/or Just Enough.
• Experience in Beauty/FMCG.
• Advanced level experience in Excel.
• National Diploma or Degree in Business/Retail Management or Accounting/Finance.

🔎 The search is on!

We're seeking a Store Planner with a rock-solid foundation in commercial thinking, sharp analytical skills, and a proven track record of crunching numbers like a pro.

If you're ready to dive into the heart of retail and make a real impact, we want to hear from you. Join us on this exhilarating journey as we shape the future of our business together!

So, what will you do?

• Ensuring the accurate distribution of seasonal stock to optimise sales.
• Ensuring the optimal distribution of non-seasonal and seasonal replenishment stock to optimise sales.
• Delivering a location plan that allows for the clustering of stores at the required product level.
• Delivering seasonal and non-seasonal replenishment profiles at the required product level.
• Supplying inputs to the Seasonal look for the required visual merchandising.
• Analysing store performance and providing accurate and timeous information in order to optimise business decision making.
• Ensuring new stores are stocked to plan.
• Assisting stores in resolving any queries relating to stock.

What experience & qualifications do you need?

A minimum of 2-3 years sound experience in store planning within a retail environment is an important requirement.

The following additional experience would be ideal:

• Previous store management experience
• Previous exposure to general logistics and supply chain processes
• Experience working in planning systems such as Location Planning, JDA Allocation Planning and/or Just Enough
• Experience in Beauty/FMCG
• A working knowledge of the latest Microsoft packages (Word & Excel) is essential.
• Experience in working at an advanced level in Excel would be a definite advantage.

The following qualification would be ideal:

• Grade 12 Certificate/Matric is essential.
• A National Diploma or Degree in Business/Retail Management or Accounting/Finance would be beneficial.

Department

Planning

Role

Store Planner

Employment type

Full-time