Mr Price Trainee Programme 2024 / 2025

Mr Price Trainee Programme 2024 / 2025

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Mr Price Trainee Programme 2024 / 2025

Deadline: Ongoing / Not specified

Location: Durban, South Africa

Mr Price Trainee Programme

Mr Price is currently accepting applications for Trainee Programme.

Mr Price is looking for individuals who are eager to grow in a dynamic, supportive learning environment. As a Trainee Planner, you’ll follow a structured program designed to build your knowledge and skills. With mentorship and guidance, you’ll develop expertise in creating category plans, analyzing financial measures, and mastering inventory and sales planning.

Working at our Support Centre in Durban, you’ll have a unique opportunity to dive into the world of retail planning at one of South Africa’s leading omnichannel retailers. Start your journey toward a rewarding career in retail planning with us!

Responsibilities

Job Learning:

Apply learnt knowledge & skills by:

  • Demonstrating an awareness of the factors influencing our performance in current trade and how to manage opportunities & risks accordingly.
  • Demonstrating how to optimize stock in the light of the critical path & achievement of KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators).
  • Participate in building a product assortment informed by current trade, post-mortem, and the seasonal strategy.
  • Demonstrating how to forecast a financial plan, and highlight variances for sales, orders, stock, and markdown planning going-forward.

Current Trade:

  • Extract & analyze financial KPI’s & product performance against set plan by sub department season, category & sub category.
  • Contribute towards compiling a draft report highlighting all issues that have impacted performance.
  • Assist with re-forecasting financial plan iro sales, orders, stock, markdowns & concluding current trade action plan.
  • Conduct regular competitive shops/store visits & as an outcome relay the findings & recommended action plan.

Building an Assortment:

  • Participate in building the assortment plan in collaboration with the buying & location planning team.
  • Maintain the assortment in the relevant system (APS).
  • Extract & analyze reports on the assortment for the planner.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES:

Order Placement & Product Allocation:

  • Create all order lines for the season with your greater team ensuring accuracy in all detail inclusive of category & sub category detail, product attributes, size curve, cost prices, selling prices, and PMO.
  • Follow up on order & resolve any potential problems with the planner.
  • Assist the greater team with order raising and allocations are completed timeously according to calendar deadline requirement

Qualifications

A Degree or Diploma or completing studies in 2024 for one of the following fields.

  • Bcom
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Statistics
  • Economics
  • Supply Chain

How to apply

To apply, visit Mr Price careers portal.

Please note, that shortlisted applicants for this role will form part of a Talent Pool for future Trainee Planner roles in our Mr Price, Mr Price Sport ,Mr Price Home ,Sheet Street, Miladys and Power Fashion Divisions.

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