Range Review and Planning Process Lead
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, Somerset, Yeovil
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 19 Jul 2022
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Other Job Function
Job Details
Working in collaboration with Commercial Operations and the trading teams, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of all own brand ranges.
You will also be responsible for ensuring a good working relationship across group functions that allows us to deliver the own buy plans in a timely manner, reporting on and raising the visibility of key dates and performance.
Client Details
One of the leading International Home Improvement Companies looking to expand it's planning and range review process team.
Description
- Own the format and process for range reviews, working closely with the space and range planning manager to find a process that optimises range
- Regularly provide updates and or challenge to stakeholders of range change activity taking place and highlight changes and amendments to the plan across the year and the impact.
- Responsible for the detailed range planning element of range review process
- Own and develop the change control process against the full year annual plan ensuring this is consistent and transparent
- Continuously review, analyse, and measure the effectiveness of existing processes and systems within commercial own buy delivery, collaborate across teams to understand existing challenges and lead necessary change to address. Provide recommendations to drive continuous improvement
- Represent the Range team at core business meetings, ensuring that key information is provided, and key business change requirements are prepared for and understood.
- Be the key point of contact for all range change, status and updates for the business
- Management and development of direct report, conducting regular 1 to 1s, quarterly reviews and general feedback to support great performance and engagement
Profile
- Ability to control range review critical path across the division, strong awareness of continuous improvement techniques and processes
- A process focused and systematic approach. Energised from establishing ways of working, new frameworks and ensuring process governance and adherence to these
- Strong awareness of continuous improvement techniques and processes
- Work closely with the Commercial Development Manager to identify and develop new opportunities to innovate and improve the core range review areas
- Prioritisation skills which have sound rationale but with an ability to change and adapt if the business agenda changes and ability to work with ambiguity
- Excellent communication skills, comfortable presenting updates to senior stakeholders and category teams.
- Proven strong collaboration skills across functions and management levels.
- Challenging and confident with strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent attention to detail with high standards
Job Offer
Very competitive base salary
Excellent pension and bonus structure
Private health care
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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