POSITION: PLANNER
DEPARTMENT: PLANNING
LOCATION: CAPE TOWN
At PEP Africa, Planners don’t just crunch numbers, they’re value creators. In this role, you’ll partner closely with Buyers and key stakeholders to build smart, relevant ranges that truly resonate with our remarkable customers' needs. From forecasting to allocations, your work ensures that every decision has purpose and every product finds its place. So what are you waiting for? Apply Now!
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: To manage the working capital of the business, by planning sales and inflows and executing those plans through stock management.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Planning and management of Working capital
- Highlight specific growth areas (new opportunities or product)
- Plan realistic markdowns, shrinkage and mark-ups
- Post-mortem historical performance and evaluate price matrix and product type ratios
- Realistic re-forecasting on plans
- Highlighting and managing late and early deliveries
- Ensuring OTB spent to approved target
- Management of stock allocations and distributions
2. Price adjustments & Markdowns
- Make proposals for slow selling products
- Coordinate in-season and end-of-season markdowns
3. Store performance review and analysis
- On-going review of store performance
- Provide feedback to Location Planning
- Effectively use profiles / grades to better distribute assortment of product to stores
- Departmental Performance reviews and analysis
- Formal monthly performance feedback; detailed analysis on results
- Weekly BU performance and analysis
4. Store visits and Competitor analysis
- Local competitors will be visited in order to enhance product knowledge and compare product offerings
- Problem issues in stores will be identified (e.g. sizes)
5. Country Support
- STP inbox queries are answered and country teams assisted
- Feedback and action plans to be provided following country visits
6. Ad hoc projects
- Participate in ad-hoc projects when required
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- 3+ years Retail Planning experience
- Experience in Planning tools, i.e. EP (Advantageous)
- Knowledge of Warehouse Management System (WMS)
- Knowledge of Replenishment processes
- Computer Literacy: Intermediate
- Willingness to travel to African countries (occasionally)
- South African citizen
Competencies required: Honesty; Passion; Resourcefulness; Solution orientation; Detail orientation; Planning, organising and control; Service orientation; Stress tolerance; Confidence and decisiveness; Building and maintaining relationships; Ability to function independently; Excellent communication skills. Bring our products to life and straight into our remarkable Customers hands. Let’s Grow Together!
Closing date: 6 July 2026
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Work Location: In person
