Job description

Do you have experience in e-commerce with a passion for driving online sales? Do you want to work with a team of A-players who move fast and welcome change?

We are innovative, fashionable, and dynamic and we are seeking a mid/senior level merchandise planner to join our awesome team in Cape Town. 

You will be responsible for the sales and margin performance of the website through strong campaigns, e-commerce best practices, and customer experience.

To be successful you will be commercially astute, with the ability to interpret data to make decisions on how to drive e-commerce sales and identify ways to improve the customer journey, shopping experience, and drive conversion ensuring that customers’ needs are being met.

Responsibilities:

• Communicate preseason parameters regarding budget spend for style options while optimising flow and inventory turn
• Work closely with buyers on season strategy incorporating reviews of past category/concept performance, agreement on investment for the future
• Build, maintain, and regularly adjust open to buy inventory and sales plans
• Create and manage markdown strategies that maximise profit and inventory liquidation
• Lead weekly, monthly, quarterly, and seasonal reviews of the collections performance
• Lead analysis of product past performance data and identify missed opportunities
• Create and update size profiles for new and replenishment SKUs and ensure size quantities are correct
• Build and maintain collaborative partnerships and communicate effectively with team members

Company Description

Runwaysale is an online fashion retailer. We offer over 300 high-end brands at a discounted price to our exclusive society.

Requirements

Skills and personal attributes:

• Self-motivated and a self-starter
• Attention to detail
• Ability to learn quickly
• Ability to multitask
• Works well under pressure and sticks to tight deadlines – Able to effectively deal with stress
• Perfectionist
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Excellent analytical skills – Ability to use extensive system knowledge to prepare informative reporting tools. Generate, analyse, and recommend alternative actions. Determine relevant information and draw sound conclusions
• Demonstrate smart risk-taking and a strong entrepreneurial spirit
• Demonstrate financial acumen – understand what drives the bottom line. Understand what actions can be taken to impact it
• Establish Plans – Utilise business strategies to develop realistic plans and drive to execution
• Innovate – Continually look for ways to experiment and drive new learning. Translate insights into original concepts that benefit the business

Experience:

• Required: Three to five years of experience working as a merchandise planner 
• Knowledge and experience with merchandising systems
• Previous management/leadership experience
• Experience working in a fashion/branded environment
• E-Commerce experience preferred
• Completed degree preferred. In the absence of a degree, additional and relevant work experience must be demonstrated

RunwaySale is committed to transformation and redressing of past inequalities. Our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our selection process.

Posted on 19 Jun 15:17