Retail Planning Assistant - Letchworth, United Kingdom - Stapletons

Stapletons

Verified Company

Letchworth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About us

We keep you mobile by sourcing a vast range of tyres from around the world, and supply our customers from our 11 UK distribution centres, using our own fleet of vehicles and drivers.

Amongst UK automotive businesses, we are the 'go-to' people who strive for excellence in delivering a first class service with first class products.

Our products come from a natural resource and we also offer customers recycling service after use.

Our passionate and dedicated teams of people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the key to our success.

Role

The Retail Planning Assistant will be responsible for ensuring that products appear in the right retail centre, at the appropriate time and in the correct quantities.

This involves working closely with the demand planning, inbound, outbound and commercial teams to accurately forecast trends, plan stock levels and monitor performance.

Whilst the demand planner will select the profile available, the Retail Planning Assistant will decide what width of SKUs should be stored and potential commercial gaps and the optimum depth of stock considering available logistics capacity, centre capacity and regional variations.

The Retail Planning Assistant plays a key role within the organisation, as profitability can be affected by how successfully they undertake their work.

Retail planning assistants will have to consider the prices and promotions to maximise profits and manage the performance of ranges, planning promotions and stock returns as necessary.

They will also oversee delivery and distribution of stock and liaise with suppliers and supply chain.

The Retail Planning Assistant will also need to understand what is going on in the market place in relation to competition and general market statistics.

Knowing about your customers' needs and economic trends in general will enable you to make sound and rational decisions.

This permanent role if based upon 40hrs/week between Monday and Friday, which after a successful training and induction period will operate on a hybrid basis to likely include 2-3 days per week based onsite at our Letchworth central offices.

What you will be doing

Developing, maintaining and reviewing centre stock profiles for over 700 retail centres, in line with business requirements e.g. commercial targets/ promotions / brand switches/business streams etc.
Facilitate the update of each retail centre at least once per year for a full review
Managing new projects related to retail centre stock profile development
Champion new initiatives and communicate to divisional directors and operations managers
Managing the in house demand planning system, problem resolution, system analysis and development testing to help improve performance
Resolve queries from retail centres on profiles, capacity, replenishment etc
Implementation strategy for the launch of new brands at centres
Develop and provide weekly, monthly profiling performance review & design a KPI communication for management team.
Maximise retail estate space in terms or profitability, range, price, width and depth of stock available an provide reports to illustrate market coverage and share
Reviewing and taking corrective action on surplus stock, slow stock and aging stock
Monitor and review all local orders outside of profiles and work with demand planners to understand the variances and mitigate through FC amendments, profile amendments and/or education of centre staff
Working closely with logistics to manage outbound volume in line with businesses requirements
Ensure logistics constraints are correct for changing demand volumes
Working closely with inbound team to ensure that retail availability is maximised though availability and net stock calculations
Creating a contingency order if the system fails to produce one
Planning seasonal and promotional stock at retail centres
Monitoring slow sellers and taking action to remove from profiles, reduce prices or return stock as necessary
Updating and reviewing system override user tables
Production of Business Reports e.g. Aged Stock Reports / RC Availability Reports etc.
Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with any problems or delays as they arise by switching to alternate parts
Coaching junior staff

About you

We seek applicants that champion and drive change, pioneer new ideas and approaches, think outside of the box and seek to share information in a proactive and constructive manner whilst retaining the ability to manage the smaller details
High attention to detail and accuracy is essential
Ability to analyse system data and transform to be an effective communication
Ability to develop mutually beneficial internal and external relationships with key contacts
Skilled communicator needs to be able to liaise effectively and build a strong rapport with a wide range of people from senior management to centre staff
Confident in manual planni