Landmark Group - Demand Planner - IIM/ISB/FMS/MDI

This role is with Landmark Group's Centrepoint Ecommerce team (www.centrepointstores.com)

Main Purpose of the Role:

- To own and lead department's sales forecasting and demand management across GCC markets.

Key Responsibilities:

Forecasting & Planning

- Review and analyse sales trends. Research demand drivers. Develop statistical planning models and implement & review results

- Create rolling 12 month forecast plan, on monthyl basis to build up future stock levels

- Based on forecast, calculate the stock requirement and manage purchases accordingly

- Plan & monitor replenishment across territories by establishing replenishment parameters

- Monitoring ageing stock level and building liquidating strategy with Buying team

- Collaborate with the Buying and relevant business leads to resolve out of stock or stock shortage situations

Inventory Stock Optimization

- Ensure optimum category inventory levels are maintained at Concept/Territory keeping in mind sale requirements as well as working capital constraints

- Ensure that no instances of category stock outs occur on account of any discrepancy on part of merchandise planning

Stock Coordination

- Supervise stock transfers and reconciliation

- Ensure processes in place as well as track adherence for all stock movement with suppliers & warehouse

Merchandise Planning & Replenishment

- Track and drive category P&Ls to monitor top line and profitability goals

- Analyze sales trends and product life cycles, use data to identify and prioritize opportunities

- Work closely with Buying teams to identify bestsellers and iterate best sellers to maximize the product sales

- Prepare and maintain department/category merchandise MIS analytics based on actual sales, sales forecasts, company order parameters, inventory checks, forth coming events, replenishment needs etc

Margin & Pricing Optimization

- Devise a comprehensive pricing/ discount strategy and roadmap to maximize sell through by working closely with the buying and category teams

- Maintenance of Price Sheets and suggesting category wise pricing basis sales aging & margin

- Custodian of day-to-day Price/Margin of the products

- Collaborate with category team to propose and finalize suitable promotion strategies while continually monitoring competitor efforts, to drive in season trade, provide inputs for promotional activity

Skills and Capabilities:

- Good Knowledge of Fashion buying for Ecom organization

- Management of P & L

- Advanced level of Excel is mandatory

- Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge

- Result orientation - confident

- Proficiency in English

Education & Experience:

- Minimum 5 to 7 years of relevant experience in demand planning and forecasting. Preferably in a multi-branded environment

- Engineering or Statistics Graduate

- MBA from Tier 1 college, or Post Graduation from NIFT

- Prior experience at Ecommerce Companies like Myntra, Flipkart, Cloudtail