Planning Manager

Role Summary

Undertake stock and sales planning to deliver on the top line, budgeted margins, budgeted sell through, stock turn and health of inventory based on the past performance and future market demand

Summary of Role Responsibilities

• Analyze the product mix performance and project the demand for fulfillment
• Prepare bottom up plan by analyzing existing store sales & opportunity lost, new stores sales mix and projecting next year growth
• Prepare the sales plan in collaboration with the Planning Lead
• Prepare the OTB plan and finalize the OTB plan
• Prepare and align the assortment plan with the relevant stakeholders
• Monitor the stock inward into the warehouse at the option level and report gaps
• Review actual versus budgeted sales and suggest corrective actions on the deviations
• Identify the fast moving and slow moving options and recommend appropriate actions like discounting, consolidating or promoting
• Reforecast the sales plan and recalculate the OTB for the EOSS
• Prepare the mark down plans, analyze the performance of the mark down plans and share feedback
• Generate, analyze and share the MIS report and findings with the relevant stakeholders as per defined timelines
• Manage and guide the team to deliver on the job

Skills Required

Retail, Planning