Takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Assistant Planner to join our Retail Planning Team in Cape Town.
We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative and hard-working people with integrity to join us.
We offer a market related Total Remuneration Package, which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won't be bored, as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.
The position reports to the Head of Planning Your responsibilities will include assisting Planners with the following: Placing supplier ordersAssisting Planners with the following: Oversee the In-stock function including demand planning, ordering and capacity management in line with department strategyDeliver accurate insights and reports on a timely basis on which department managers can base commercial decisions and deliver on revenue and margin plansCreate sustainable In-stock systems and processes in partnership with central analytics, technical and product teamsCompiling the annual retail sales budget, quarterly plan, working plan as well as on-going reforecasting at category and product levels to ensure budgets are achievedManaging end to end inventory availability and inventory health including: improved in-stock rates (availability), inventory planning at categorisation, systematic forecasting, markdown and clearance provisions, return to supplier activities and warehouse space management Attributes required: Strong willingness to learnEntrepreneurial / Commercial mindsetAttention to detailOrganised and ability to prioritiseComfortable with learning and adapting to new systems Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Commerce, Finance, Mathematics or Economics degree preferable)At least 1 year related retail / commerce experienceHigh proficiency in excelRetail buying/e-commerce experience preferable but not an absolute requirementExisting industry networks a significant plus The Environment: Takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of Takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improveWe are short on ego and high on outputWe are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after allWe love what we do and what we are creating We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who:
is respectful but forthrightis an expert at doing, who can not only design but also executeis analytical, able to use data to make decisionsis competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hoursis passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experienceis entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and fasteris business SMART.
Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;is curious and challenge the status quois innovative and enjoys iterationis collaborativewill be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.comthinks like an owner of the businessis SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING
