Planner

As a Merchandise Planner at Ounass, you will take full ownership of the end-to-end merchandise planning cycle for your assigned divisions, categories and brands.

Working closely with Buying, Trade and cross-functional teams, you will translate commercial and buying strategies into budgets, OTB plans, MSSI reforecasts, inventory and markdown decisions to drive net sales, margin, sell-through and in-country fulfilment.

You will play a key role in driving commercial performance, influencing business decisions through data-driven insights and supporting the development of junior planning team members.

What You'll Be Doing

Strategic Planning & Commercial Ownership

• Take full ownership and accountability for the complete end-to-end merchandise planning cycle for the assigned area, from budget and OTB through in-season trading to end of season.
• Partner with the Buying counterpart to shape the assortment and brand strategy, using data from customer behaviour, brand and category performance, market trends and supplier input to decide where to invest and where to pull back.
• Lead and drive weekly cross-functional commercial trade meetings, ensuring clear action plans are agreed, owned and executed.
• Manage MSSI reforecasting, OTB and budgeting using trade-driven insights and the Buying team's assortment strategy, and confidently present the commercial rationale behind every decision.
• Identify opportunities to evolve the planning function by automating manual work, improving reporting and testing new ideas that enhance forecast accuracy and efficiency.

Performance Ownership

• Deliver net sales, margin (rate and value) and sell-through targets for the assigned area.
• Review performance weekly by brand, category, channel and market to identify risks and opportunities, and recommend clear actions.
• Drive topline sales through actions across brands, categories, markets, reorders and customer insights, working cross-functionally to implement them.
• Present performance, insights and recommendations with…