Head of Merchandising and Planning

Head of Merchandising and Planning, Retail, Hertfordshire
£90,000 Basic plus £8,000 Car Allowance plus extensive benefits

This is a senior role within one of Europe's largest retailers managing a team of ten direct reports and has weekly board level contact. This is a UK wide role based from a Hertfordshire head office that is primarily a people-management role with daily liaison with other heads of divisions such as retail operations, stock management and procurement.

With direct responsibility for merchandising strategies for a particular product group the role requires a business leader with flair that is a consummate professional and a leader through transitional change. This is a challenging and demanding role where your success will be highly visible and historically has led to rapid promotion within the group.
To succeed you will be a highly effective manager, motivator and coach with extensive experience of merchandising and planning, ideally within a major UK retailer.

You will be experienced in creating and managing OTB plans, setting WSSI targets and delivering planning strategies. You will have an exemplary work ethic and career history and to succeed in this high profile role you must be an excellent communicator with an analytical mind. At interview you must be able to demonstrate your success in identifying opportunities and risk together with consummate commercial acumen, particularly an instinct to maximise profit and mitigate risks. Obviously at this level you must be an excellent project manager and a highly experienced people manager.
 

Additional Information

Salary	£85000 - £90000 per annum + Car Allowance plus extensive benefits	Contact	Rob Scott
Status	Permanent	Reference	AW68847
Location	United Kingdom, Hertfordshire	Apply by email
Industry	FMCG	Apply Online

Posted: 01-10-2008