Trade Planning Manager Jobs at Woolworths in South Africa

Job Title: Trade Planning Manager
REF: FOOD/NB/Trade Planning Manager/Cape Town/110912

Recruiter: Woolworths (Pty) Ltd
End Date: 2012-09-16
AA/EE: Applicable
Contract Permanent
Location: Cape Town
Available: a.s.a.p.
Category: Retail
Offer: market related
Reporting To: Line Manager
Job Grade: Middle Mgt & Specialists
Division: Foods
Positions: 1
Introduction
To lead and support the Trading Groups, Marketing and Retail with the development and implementation of the trade plan. Develop, co-ordinate (content & timelines) and effectively communicate promotional activities and other trading activities for the Clothing and GM Group and pre/post these event/s to provide detailed commercial analysis to ensure continuous learning & improvement.
Minimum Requirements


Retail Business Management diploma/degree or equivalent
Retail / Commercial experience (5yrs) preferable in C&GM
Financial management & planning
Planning or Buying experience (2 yrs)
Project management
Proven people management skills

Job Specification


Ensure that all sales & profit opportunities are identified, implemented & maximised.
Ensure that an aggressive & successful "trade plan" exists for Clothing and General Merchandise and is capitalised upon, monitored & maintained and best uses the budget available.
Develop strong & productive relationships across all the business divisions, Trading Groups, Marketing and Retail and facilitate the Trade forum.
Deliver the sales with strong trade plan that understands the impact of previous years performance and key competitor activities.
Create and communicate clear and simple trade activities for all our customers and store formats, understanding the capability and capacity of the stores.
Understand and help the Trading teams deliver their sales and major promotional and trading activities.
Support Head of WW Trade planning and Marketing to deliver the best Direct strategy that drives frequency and spend of all our customers profitably with a clear coherent message for stores across the store formats.
Work with Marketing teams to execute the trade plan within the marketing budget ensuring that spend is focused on the right categories and activities to help deliver the commercial budgets for the year and takes into account the previous years performance.
To continuously look for and trial new trading mechanics or opportunities that deliver to the overall strategy
Work with the Trading areas to help them develop a trading plan that will help them achieve their sales and profit budgets.
Manage, coach, develop, and motivate the trade planning team


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