Merchandise Planner

homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For 40 years we’ve helped our customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford.

• You love insight-led solutions and analyse sales and other metrics to create realistic sales and buy plans that will delight our customers who are looking for quality and value.
• You love wowing customers and are always looking for sales opportunities to create products and offers that meet their needs and expectations.
• You love playing as a team and working with buyers to deliver products that are aligned with category strategies and meet price point, sales and margin targets.
• You love exploring opportunities and with your ‘trader’ mentality forecasts and reproject sales, margin and stock to maximise sales and profitability.
• You love taking accountability and dealing with our suppliers, maintaining beneficial relationships according to strict SLAs.
• You love delivering on your promises and work closely and effectively with teams across the business to deliver on big ideas that align with our DNA and delight our customers.

• Bachelor’s degree (Business Science/BCom/BSc)
• 3-5 years of retail experience (e-commerce is preferable but not a requirement)
• Competency in MS Office packages, particularly Excel

• We love your strong analytical, numeracy and problem-solving skills
• We love your entrepreneurial and innovative mindset
• We love your ability to build long-lasting supplier (internal and external) relationships
• We love your digital fluency and understanding of the online retail world and how this drives sales
• We love that you put our customers as the heart of everything when you source and design products

• Walk in my customers’ shoes
• Deliver on my promises
• Deliver insight-led solutions my customers need

• Take accountability
• Be curious, creative & explore opportunities
• Do it right & at the right time

• Be helpful
• Be inclusive
• Find the fun