Planner Job Description
Planner
provides management tools to supervision and employees via daily/weekly/monthly reports utilizing SAP and Microsoft Office tools to ensure quality of processes and integrity of system and inventory integrity.
Planner Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Manage, update the production control data, own the MRP activities, assures that at job closing all labour and material properly charged on a job
Analyze weekly business results and publish actions, insights and watch-outs to your Merchant and Planning partners
Re-forecast and Report on our monthly performance vs
Work with Regional Director, Business Manager, ASMs, Marketing and Buyer/Planner of assigned accounts to develop seasonal sales and stock plans, utilizing launch product shipment schedules
Develop regular communication procedure with Buyer/Planner to review inventory levels
Develop regular communication procedure with retail managers to review inventory levels
Minimizes Returns Year on Year by analyzing orders vs sell through and upcoming marketing calendars
Provide RTV tracking for assigned accounts
Adjust the LE monthly on a rolling 12 months base to reflect Retail trends and inventory position by door
Responsible for the development and implementation of systems and processes to ensure optimal conversion of the MPS into detailed production plans
Planner Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Planner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CPIM, CIRM, CPM, CSCP, SAP, NAPM, APIC, A.P.I.C.S, FAA
Education for Planner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the planner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Education, Technical, Management, Supply Chain Management, Business/Administration, Manufacturing, Finance
Skills for Planner
Desired skills for planner include:
Excel
SAP
Microsoft Office
Word
MS Office
MRP
Microsoft Office Suite
Purchasing
Microsoft Excel
Best practices and procedures and stay ahead of emerging trends
Desired experience for planner includes:
Create asset specific capacity assessment plans and validate the feasibility of the MPS
2-3 years of experience in planning, strategy, or business analytics
Must demonstrate strong initiative and ability to work on multiple projects
Strong degree of ownership and attention to detail
Develop multi departmental seasonal assortment goals to support financial plans
Exposure to all forms of media – TV, Print, Online, OOH
Planner Examples
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Planner Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a planner. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for planner
- Forecasts encompass key financial metrics - sales, margin, markdowns, inventory
- Make fact-based recommendations to influence future purchases & assortment strategies
- Create departmental financial plans (sales, margin, turn-over) which support merchant strategic goals to achieve corporate financial targets
- Own the management of inventory of assigned categories through the creation of monthly assortment guidelines
- Present analysis & make assortment recommendations to merchants & senior management based upon historically observed trends to drive business
- Provide accurate & timely reporting information (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually) to the merchant team to facilitate business discussions & strategy development
- Responsible for process improvement/development as it relates to streamlining product/planning of business initiatives
- Manage markdown spend through effective inventory and promotional planning to drive profitability and maximize inventory
- Develop wholesale denim penetration plans by month monthly replenishment targets by account
- At a department/division level, develop sales, gross margin, and inventory plans that support the company’s profit objectives
Qualifications for planner
- Minimum of 1-2 Years media planning experience
- Ability to create media plans and articulate strategic foundation for their development
- Possess solid foundation media fundamentals
- Familiarity with secondary research studies
- Bachelor’s degree in Retail merchandising, Business or related field
- Must be open to change and ambiguity
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of planner. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for planner
- Responsible for bottoms-up sales, margin & procurement forecast to deliver seasonal fashion & replenishment targets
- Implement Production Planning Routines to ensure manufacturing partners are in line with MPS requirements and MPS is met
- Own sales and stock by door and make recommendations at department/class level to maximize sales
- Partner with store management to identify growth opportunities
- Develop with Buyer recommendations concerning promotions, marketing and cancellations
- 1+ years of experience, preferably in advertising
- The ability to go beyond the assignment or the “ask”
- A desire to use data as a tool for creative inspiration
- The confidence to juggle multiple assignments at once
- The drive to find doors and open them
Qualifications for planner
- Previous planning and allocation experience
- 3-5 years of planning or related analytical experience
- Minimum 2 years minimum of planning experience
- Prioritize conflicting needs
- An insatiable curiosity
- Knowledge of ALL the ways brands connect with people in today’s world – traditional, digital, event
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of planner. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for planner
- Develop relationship with Account Buying and Planning teams
- Monthly and Seasonal analysis of Account consumption against Plan
- Identify department and analyze statistical trends based on past and current results
- Attend best seller, forecasting meetings to discuss trends and appropriate action plans to maximize business
- Attend designated vendor pre-line reviews
- Works with Master Planner and Logistics Planners to develop and validate an achievable plan based on available capacity, manning and expected delivery of required components and bulk
- Provide work planning function for a self-directed work team
- Intermediate to high computer skills necessary to access CMMS work order system, update equipment history, and access parts/material inventory management system
- Develop and maintain standard workflow process and provide a (1) month look-ahead
- Preventive Maintenance (PM) schedule to the team weekly
Qualifications for planner
- Achieved or working towards a qualification in Supply Chain Management (NITL, APICS, IIPMM)
- Leverages knowledge of the production and planning processes to identify opportunities to improve the initial plan
- Ability to develop short and long-range plans that meet established objectives and contribute to the overall goals and mission of the company
- Pre-season responsibilities will include providing hindsight input from previous seasons
- Develop and finalise the Engineering detailed design programme in Primavera P6
- Primavera experience/proficiency essential
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of planner. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for planner
- Parts replacement as required
- High school graduate with3 years experience in an electronics manufacturing environment
- OThe tasks this individual is responsible for are often non-routine and unstructured, requiring creative solutions
- OThis individual will apply attained experiences and knowledge in solving routine to moderately complex problems
- OThis individual must work effectively with Staff to Senior management level employees within the function, and the technical team on assigned projects
- OThe ideal candidate will be a proactive contributor and subject matter expert on team projects
- OThis individual must demonstrate the ability to collaborate and influence in day to day activities
- Secure and reconcile financial documents
- Partner with Merchandising to formulate pre-season sales/GM/Inventory Flow Objectives that tie to the topline benchmark metrics and present strategies to upper management
- Partner with Merchandising to build buy worksheets that tie to topline metrics
Qualifications for planner
- PowerPoint – strong presentation skills and experience in communicating complex results succinctly via decks/slides
- At least 3 years experience in production planning supply chain management in a pharmaceutical environment
- Minimum 3 years’ operating at a Senior Planner level
- Bachelors Degree in Business or Supply Chain/Planning related discipline (required)
- 2-5 years in Planning, Creative/Brand Strategy
- An audience-first mindset, someone who is instinctually obsessed with what makes people tick
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a planner. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for planner
- Provide support in market and management meetings
- Create seasonal proposal
- Negotiate plans and compromises
- Development and maintenance of the Capacity Planning Schedule (mainly assembly and hardware engineering activities) in line with customer’s requirements
- Co-ordinate the summary of forecast data for Systems assembly with the FSOs and ensure that master production schedule and the forecast outlook are synchronised and fully updated
- Responsible for maintaining DC Finished Goods Inventory levels based on ERP messages
- Evaluating the impact of requests and proposals on the Supply Chain and preparation of a response to satisfy them
- Assessment of the risk, inventory, capacity and financial implications of the response
- Manage and coordinate delivery issues, shortages, schedule conflicts and contribute to arrange recovery plans
- Analyzes internal impact ( , line scheduling, procurement, logistics, shipping, ) of customer scheduling
Qualifications for planner
- Clarity and creativity in writing
- An appreciation for the meaning of words
- Desire towork with a team that values openness, informality, and self-ownership
- Experience authoring creative briefs preferred
- Industrial & Management engineer
- High aptitude with regards to data analysis, project management, and reporting capabilities