Planning Manager at The Catch Group

Full-time, Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia full-time
Description
Posted 4 years ago

Our planning function is key to our future success and growing fast! We currently have an opportunity for an analytically minded and motivated Planning Manager to join the Catch Planning team.

As an experienced Planning Manager, you will establish strategic direction, manage financial performance and develop your team.

Success in this role will come from demonstrated experience within a FMCG environment and the ability to transform ideas into strategies. You will have excellent strategic and planning skills and demonstrate leadership.

Above all, we are looking for an individual who has had exposure to best practice planning strategies and processes but who can adapt to working in a highly entrepreneurial environment where agility and flexibility remain core to our success in delivering excitement and value to our customers every day!

Requirements

Well… no two days at Catch are alike, but you could probably expect your typical day to include some of the following things:

  • Establish the strategic direction in conjunction with General Manager of Retail, Head of Planning, Business Managers, ensure it is aligned with Catch’s strategic direction and delivers on Catch’s financial imperatives
  • Validate direction against financial model for Departments
  • Manage total financial performance of Departments to EBIT level
  • Leadership of Planning team and Replenishment Analyst team
  • Development of Planning team, Replenishment Analyst team
  • Support to the Buying Team
  • Experience in a Senior Planning role or Planning Manager of 3+yrs
  • Leadership of a small to medium sized team 3+yrs
  • Comprehensive understanding of merchandise critical path
  • Detailed understanding of apportionment and replenishment
  • Merchandise and Ecommerce background advantageous

The skills you will bring

  • Experience in a Senior Planning role or Planning Manager of 3+yrs
  • Leadership of a small to medium sized team 3+yrs
  • Comprehensive understanding of merchandise critical path
  • Detailed understanding of apportionment and replenishment
  • Merchandise and Ecommerce background advantageous

Benefits

Drive and passion are hard to generate when we're not feeling valued or having fun, so we make sure our Catchies are looked after well! We provide our passionate people with:

  • An organisation that is experiencing exponential growth
  • Support and collaboration, not just with their immediate team, but with the broader organisation as well!
  • An organisation that can flex when, where and well that works for you and Catch.com.au
  • 'Catch your weekend back!' Bringing services like dry-cleaning, haircuts, nails, massage, car washing and "life admin" stuff into our Monday-Friday routine to have more time for fun on the weekend!
  • Employee benefits like discounted gym membership, Kmart Group discount and access to other perks within Kmart, free parking, free breakfast, in house learning and development, monthly lunches plus loads more...

About 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.