Denira Naidoo

Experience

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  Mr Price Group

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2015

  Merchandise Planner

   Forecasting and planning sales using Oracle Predictive solutions. Forecasting stock levels in line with sales to meet the committed clearances and ensure a positive growth that is in line with the strategy plan. Preparing a seasonal post mortem to analyse what drove your category’s performance or non-performance. Includes pulling up and formatting information into pivot tables to make the analysis as efficient as possible. Preparing a strategy plan to lay out how the business is going to achieve the growths that it calls – this includes analysing past history from the post mortem and current trade, up trending and down trending lines, forecast sales, stock management, markdown and promotional planning, Key Performance Indicator management, Margin management and ensuring that the category has a positive profit. Preparing a Review plan which includes building an assortment based on the strategy plan. Working in conjunction with a buyer to source samples from suppliers, negotiate the best possible costing and input the best product that delights the customer with value for money as well as unmistakable quality. Trending replenishment sales using One Item Analysis and recently introducing Manugistics and using these applications to not only trend and forecast but to place replenishment orders too Creating orders based on the review plan assortment using assortment planning to place ones assortment by week based on the available budget available that was planned into the strategy. Managing current trade – analysing sales and the performance of various items. Identifying swings in trade and customer profiles. Assisting and supervising allocators and ensuring that the correct stock reaches the correct stores. Show less

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  Woolworths

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2021

  Planner
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  Totalsports

  Nov 2021 - now

  Merchandise Planner