Category Planner - Women's Western

The position aims to support category head(s) in demand & supply planning for the upcoming season. Key Responsibilities: Inventory Management: - Ensuring that the stock level of the category is maintained within the prescribed limits as per company norms - Monitoring stock cover to optimize stock turns - Adjusting forward month buying based on projected closing stock of current and future months - Allocating & replenishing stores according to capacity & customer profile - Monitoring stock rotation in the market & stock levels at the PH Category Planning: - Developing option plan - Creating buy plan to distribute monthly targets and buying accordingly - Preparing OTB Plan - Proposing bi-annual discount list - Reviewing yearly ISQ projections periodically - Creating monthly ISQ plan - value wise, quantity wise - Sending monthly buy plan and product presentation to markets for store stock planning Dispatch Planning: - Planning DL templates with markets - Uploading DL as per DL Upload request - Facilitating special requests from store/customer through stock rotation or product warehouse MIS & Analysis: - Reviewing costings style wise to ensure targeted GP & flagging negative deviations - Generating department wise sales report, hierarchy wise sales and stock report, current month SKU wise sale report, ISQ stock out report, TR tracker report, Promotional trackers & providing insights - Monitoring store performance for the category Job Specification: Years of Functional Experience: Minimum 4-6 years of relevant experience in the retail industry Degree/Diploma: MFM NIFT / Pearl / MBA Role: Team Management Knowledge & Skills: - Product Knowledge - Markets & geographies - Category Planning - Retail Operations - Inventory Management - Commercial Acumen Interested candidates are requested to send resumes to harshita.sharma@fabindia.net,