Merchandise Planner Miral Experiences Abu Dhabi

  • Full time
  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Miral Experiences LLC, Abu Dhabi, 128717, AE View on Map
  • @Miral Experience posted 2 months ago
  • Posted : February 23, 2025 -Accepting applications
  • Salary: د.إ6,000.0 - د.إ13,000.0 / Monthly
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Job Detail

  • Job ID 36289
  • Career Level  Intermediate
  • Experience  4 Years
  • Gender  Male Female 

Job Description

The Merchandise Planner & Allocator is a key role with direct responsibility for efficient planning, forecasting, trading and analysis in conjunction with the Senior Merchandise Planner. The role requires a strong understanding of retail merchandise planning disciplines and experience with forecasting and order management, they will also need to possess organizational skills, a high level of attention to detail along with the ability to work within a team and independently. The role will have a direct impact on maximizing availability, sales and inventory management to meet annual budgets.

Job Scope

Merchandise Financial and Assortment Planning

  • Support merchandise planning team to deliver all strategic objectives and business budgets
  • Independent ownership of a full category’s end to end merchandising functions
  • Assist Senior Merchandise Planner with determining revenue budget plans, in season forecasts and OTB management for the department
  • Prepare sales, inventory and margin analysis for the category to ensure forecasts are inline with budgets
  • Assist in annual review process and make recommendations where necessary on range rationalization/growth

Inventory & Availability

  • Prepare re-order quantities for specific category based on sales data
  • Ensure a high level of availability is maintained all year whilst working within OTB and stock targets
  • Work alongside Assistant Merchandise Planner to manage stock flow from suppliers into the business to ensure availability targets are met
  • Work in collaboration with VM team to manage outlet level stock triggers for their category
  • Propose promotions to maintain inventory and sales budgets
  • Analyze the effectiveness of promotions to assist in developing a long-term promotion strategy

In Season Management

  • Prepare sales, inventory and margin analysis for the category to ensure forecasts are in line with budgets
  • Provide detailed summary for any revised sales, inventory and margin plans to be signed off and agreed with Senior Merchandise Planner

Job Essentials

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Retail Management, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related field.
  • At least four years’ experience managing a category/sub-category merchandising responsibility
  • Experience within year end reviews and ability to present to senior management
  • Experience within Apparel, Toys or Home & Gifting
  • Forecasting skills
  • Analytical skills to make commercial decisions
  • Problem solving and critical thinking
  • Ability to prioritize and manage workload
  • Effective communication skills
  • Ability to establish relationships, internal & external
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Proficiency in Microsoft office – Specifically Excel
  • Project management and Budgeting skills

Job Desirable

  • Experience using Power BI systems
  • Experience within theme park industry

Retail Associate Miral Experiences Abu Dhabi

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