FOR CENTRAL PLANNER ROLE

Job Title – Regional Planner – EBO Retail Planning

Grade – Asst. Manager /Sr. Executive

Department - Retail Planning

Job Location – Bangalore

Direct Reports - None

Job Purpose – The incumbent would be responsible for EBO Retail Planning for the particular region . Key responsibility would be to plan and execute EBO & Distributor

Assortment Planning for all the stores & distributor in the region. role would be expected to closely work with key stakeholders like sales ops, distributors, franchisee partners to deliver on the business objectives and overall KPI’s of Planning function.

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Key Result Areas

(Primary Responsibilities)

Activities & Deliverables

1 Assortment Planning for

EBOs.

 PreparE assortment plans for all stores as per Planning framework.This would include merchandise width & depth planning , driving sell thru’s, managing new product launches.

 Measure and deliver inventory KPI’s for the EBO stores like stockouts , ROS, Days of Cover, Stock turn achievements.

 Capture and analyse consumer, marketplace, and catchment insights to be input to the assortment plan

 Work with franchisee partners and sales team to support on assortment related issues.

 Provide regular analysis for his/her region in terms of category performance , product & consumer insights.

 Develop Assortment Plan for new store launches in co-

ordination with Central Planning team.

2 Distributor Assortment

Planning

 Develop Distributor Assortment plans in line with the EBO





Assortment plan and company targets .

 Ensuring product mix alignment at both EBO & Distributor end.

 Ensuring Distributor Inventory health as per the company guidelines.

 Drive distributor Inventory Turns.

 Take ownership for timely process adherence in alignment with EBO assortment process.

3 Analysis  Regional Planner should be strong at analytics and able handle come up with business insights based on it.

 Develop key reports to study & analyze Planning metrics and take actions to deliver them.

Working Relationships and Contacts (Internal and External):

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- Central EBO Planning Team ( Internal)
- Retail Operations Team ( Internal)
- Distributor & Franchisee Partners ( external)
- Visual Merchandising ( Internal)

5 Warehouse team ( Internal)

6 IT team

Person Specifications

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Area Details

Education Graduation/Post Graduation (NIFT and/or Retail Degrees preferred)

Years of Experience 5-10 years’ relevant experience in Planning & Merchandising

Specialized Knowledge  Retail Assortment Planning - Width & Depth planning

 Inventory Management Understanding –

 Basic product knowledge

 Robust Analytics skills- ability to handle & analyse large data.

 Market trends & consumer buying behaviour.

 Exposure to franchisee management would be added advantage.

Behavioral Skills  Interpersonal Effectiveness,

 Adaptability & open to new learning.

 Good communication skills

 Stakeholder Management

 Problem Solving ability.

📌 Regional/ Retail Planner (Bengaluru)
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📍 Bengaluru