Head of Merchandise Planning
Catch.com.au, Australia
Job Description
What you’ll be doing
As the Head of Merchandise Planning you’ll be responsible for leading the strategic direction of the Merchandise Planning function, as-well as building and leading an amazing team who oversee all financial and merchandise planning activities for all product categories across Catch.
You’ll guide the planning function and team in the analysis of sales trends, gross margin and inventory health, and partner with the Buying, Allocation and Business Process teams to identify business opportunities and risks to sales and margin.
It’s all about ensuring the right products are available for our customers, at the right time and for a competitive price. You’ll do this by:
- Using data and customer insights to drive the planning strategy
- Work with the retail team (Buyers, Category Managers and Business Managers) to navigate cyclical events related to seasoned trends and peak periods
- Lead a high performing team of planners inventory analysts
Requirements
The skills required that we’re looking for
- You’ll be a self-starter with entrepreneurial mindset. Comfortable with ambiguity
- You’ll be an outstanding communicator, to your team and stakeholders, with the ability to impact and forge strong relationships
- You’ll be a proven people leader, with experience leading a planning team. Ideally experience with developing teams into high performing teams
- You’ll know the ropes, having come up through the planning ranks and understanding the operational side of planning
- You’ll have experience across apparel and general merchandise and understand the complexities of both
- You’ll be able to operate on multiple levels, strategic and operational and bring a pragmatic and result-oriented mindset
Benefits
Join our team of Catchies
There has never been a more exciting time to join the Catch Team!!
Our people are at the heart of everything we stand for and will go above and beyond for our customers To be the trusted place where Australian’s start their shopping journey
We know that Drive and Passion are hard to generate when we are not feeling valued or having fun, so we make sure our Catchies are well looked after!
Working at Catch, you’ll experience
- An organisation that is experiencing incredible growth
- Support and collaboration, not just with their immediate team, but with the broader organisation as well!
- Innovation / Hack days to get your creative flare on
- An organisation that can flex, and truly supports work life balance
- Unbelievable employee benefits like Club Catch, kmart discount card, discounted gym membership, in house learning and development, monthly lunches, parental leave programs plus loads more
Who is Catch?
Back in 2006, Catch set out to shake up Australia’s online retail landscape. We’ve come a long way since!
We’re not just one of the country’s top eCommerce players, with a proven track record of growth, an award-winning digital platform and second to none customer experience offering. Behind the scenes, we’re a world-class team of creatives, strategists, developers and innovators, and we’re on the hunt for like-minded people to jump on board.
We don’t play by the rules. We push boundaries. We think big. We stay curious and driven. Together, we embrace challenges and learn new things. All this, for one purpose: to provide our customers with an amazing online shopping experience, every day.
And we’re just getting started
At Catch, we welcome all applications and screen them without attention to race, age, beliefs, sex, orientation, gender identity and disability.