Online Planner - Foschini

The Online Planner is responsible for driving online sales, profitability and inventory productivity by developing and executing demand, stock and intake plans across digital channels. This role ensures the right product is available at the right time for the online customer while balancing availability, margin and inventory investment.

Commercial Ownership & Trading

• Drive online sales, stock, margin and profitability performance against agreed targets.

• Monitor daily and weekly trade performance and proactively identify risks and opportunities.

• Evaluate campaign and promotion performance to maximise commercial outcomes.

• Improve conversion, availability, sell-through and inventory productivity.

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Develop and maintain sales, stock, intake and demand forecasts.

• Support seasonal planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.

• Translate merchandise strategies into actionable online plans.

• Improve forecast accuracy through continuous review and analysis.

Inventory Optimisation

• Manage stock investment and inventory productivity.

• Optimise stock cover, stock turn, sell-through and availability.

• Support markdown and clearance strategies.

• Partner with Supply Chain to improve stock flow and fulfilment performance.

Cross Functional Partnership

• Partner with Buying, Merchandise Planning, E-commerce and Marketing teams.

• Provide data-led recommendations that influence commercial decisions.

• Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business.

Insights, Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Develop dashboards and management reporting frameworks.

• Provide actionable insights on customer demand and online performance.

• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Commerce, Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Statistics, Analytics or related field.

• Minimum 2-5 years experience within Merchandise Planning, Online Planning, Retail Planning or Retail Analytics.

• Experience in forecasting, inventory management and commercial performance analysis.

• Fashion, apparel or omnichannel retail experience preferred Skills:

• Advanced Excel including Power Query, Pivot Tables and XLOOKUP.

• Power BI and business intelligence tools.

• Strong analytical and commercial modelling capability.

Behaviours:

• Drives Results - sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes to deliver measurable results

• Ensures Accountability - takes accountability and ensures others are held to account on agreed upon performance targets

• Manages Complexity - interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational problems

• Plans and Aligns - develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives

• Situational Adaptability - effectively adjusts their behaviour, approach, and decision-making based on the situation

Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.

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At Foschini, we're passionate about creating remarkable customer experiences and delivering exceptional product through every channel. As our online business continues to grow, we are looking for a commercially minded and analytically driven Online Planner to join our Planning team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our online business by driving sales growth, inventory productivity, and customer availability across all digital touchpoints.