Merchandise Planner (Yorkdale)

Our employer is a big retailor that is looking for a Hebrew speaking employee with 1-2 years of experience and proficiency in working with Excel sheets. This individual should be a quick learner, resourceful, independent and willing to adapt to change as it is a small team and all hands on deck/ideas are welcome.

• Monitoring and analyzing critical KPI's that drive inventory performance : In-stocks, fill rate, on-time delivery and forecast variances.
• Working with warehouse and stores to manage inventory stock levels.
• Main Support for all stores and Managers.
• Leading meetings/calls with clients and head office to review future promotional schedules, inventory strategies, upcoming planogram changes, current issues, and other initiatives that drive process efficiencies.
• Build Strategy behind the assortment plan.
• Analyze and recommend key actions to support maximum inventory performance.
• Planning and re-forecasting flowcharts of key items.
• Monitoring and analyze critical KPI's that drive inventory performance : In-stocks, fill rate, on-time delivery and forecast variances.
• Provide effective analysis of monthly vendor costs, volumes, etc.
• Review and process invoices for applicable Operations vendors.
• Support the General Manager and District Manager in acting as liaison for all projects that require coordination with one of the vendors under management from a financial and forecasting perspective.
• Working closely with logistics for order processing and follow-up until the delivery.
• Initiating projects that drive process efficiencies.
• Ability to work on AS400 (Hebrew).

• A minimum 3 years of experience in the retail industry or in an analytical.
• Preferred Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Commerce, or related field.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Ability to create Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reporting to understand product sell through.
• Effective negotiations skills.
• Knowledge on Click Sense or Business Intelligence.
• Detail oriented with the ability to quickly analyze complex problems and propose solutions.
• Ability to balance and handle changing priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft skills (Word, PowerPoint, and Advanced Excel).
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a diverse work environment that emphasizes high performance, and delivery of results, teamwork, and professionalism.
• Ability to adjust to trends, priority items and requested deliverables within the environment in which you will operate (people, applications, technology, process) and pivot to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Fluent in Hebrew.