Merchandise Planner (Beauty Retail)
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MUMUSO General Trading LLC seeks a Merchandise Planner for beauty retail to formulate category planning, develop demand forecasts, and manage product life cycles. Requires 2-4 years of demand planning experience in cosmetics/beauty retail and advanced Excel skills.
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Responsibilities
- Formulate category planning and merchandise portfolio through data analysis, internal and external product research, and industry trends
- Develop accurate short term and long term demand forecasts for all product categories (e.g. cosmetics & beauty)
- Complete the planning form annually to determine procurement direction, new product launch rhythm, and terminal display implementation
- Conduct multi dimensional analysis of consumption preferences and trends of user groups in the UAE
- Formulate and implement annual/quarterly/monthly new product budget plan based on sales performance and forecasts
- Be responsible for full category product selection throughout the year
- Track delivery time and logistics status of new products, formulate planned launch rhythm
- Establish a product evaluation mechanism, manage product life cycle, conduct business analysis and diagnosis
- Continuously follow up on product sales, analyze sales performance, product advantages, and areas for improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field
- 2 4 years of experience in demand planning / forecasting in retail (cosmetics & beauty) mandatory
- Advanced Excel skills
- Good understanding of supply chain concepts: lead times, safety stock, replenishment, inventory turnover
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Responsibilities
- Formulate category planning and merchandise portfolio through data analysis, internal and external product research, and in combination with industry trends.
- Develop accurate short term and long term demand forecasts for all product categories (e.g. cosmetics & beauty), using statistical tools and business inputs.
- Complete the planning form annually to determine the procurement direction, new product launch rhythm, and the implementation of terminal display.
- Conduct multi dimensional analysis of the consumption preferences and overall trends of user groups in the UAE, deeply explore user needs in user scenarios, and identify demand breakthroughs.
- Formulate and implement the annual/quarterly/monthly new product budget plan based on previous sales performance and situation forecasts.
- Be responsible for the selection of full category products throughout the year by referring to the best selling and slow moving status of previous products and the full chain product structure.
- Track the delivery time and logistics status of new products, formulate a planned new product launch rhythm, and continuously bring a sense of freshness to customers.
- Establish a product evaluation mechanism, manage the product life cycle, conduct regular business analysis and diagnosis, identify key issues, and propose improvement measures (including but not limited to the best selling/slow moving status of categories/single products, festival sales, store opera
- Continuously follow up on product sales, and analyze sales performance, product advantages, and areas requiring improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or a related field.
- 2 4 years of experience in demand planning / forecasting in retail (cosmetics & beauty) mandatory.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Good understanding of supply chain concepts: lead times, safety stock, replenishment, inventory turnover.
Job Types
- Full time, Permanent
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