Planning Coordinator

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury
experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a
hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a
portfolio of eight owned brands and over ‎300 international brands in the
luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group
expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and
eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it
constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury
experiences at over ‎750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile
apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for ‎14,000 skilled and talented professionals
across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group
being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great
Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse",
which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and
accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and
internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the
Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing.
The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business
strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and
by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory
of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing
The Planning coordinator is responsible for co-ordinating, maintaining and
administering, all data and transactional actions that are relevant to the
operational merchandising and supply chain processes, within the brand/s
division/s for which they have responsibility. The role reports into the
Brand/s / Business Unit/s / and work in close collaboration with the supply
chain team to ensure Group process and policy compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic:
* Working in close collaboration with the brand/s and the Supply Chain Manager for the division/s to ensure compliance with the long-term strategy of the Brand/Vertical, the Supply Chain function, it's processes and governance framework.
* Support the development of new and/or ways of working within the SC team, and seeking out longer-term process improvements to support stock management within the brand/s and division/s
Operational:
* Supplier Expense Profile - Setting up and updating supplier expense profiles in accordance with our standard terms and conditions of engagement.
* PO Creation/Cancellation - Work closely with the Supply Chain Manager to understand changes in PO requirements and expediting any changes necessary in ERP
* Transfers stock within the business - Co-ordinating the efficient and timely transfer of stock between the warehouse, our retails stores, and The Deal.
* Drop Shipment Process
* Price Management - Co-ordinating and communicating changes in retail price, unit cost and stock promotions, with all key relevant stakeholders; Finance, Supply Chain Managers, the brand General Managers, Store Managers
* Stock Adjustments
* Consignment Commission Set-Up and coordination
* Stock Return to Vendor - Co-ordinating all administrative and data management requirements in relation to stock returns to vendor
* Inbound Stock Variance - Reconciling the stock ordered with the stock received to identify any variances with the same. Reporting these said variances to the relevant team/s, internally and externally, and seeking appropriate action to remedy

Supplier, Vendor, and Customer Data Processing and Co-Ordinating:
* Inbound & Outbound delivery follow up
* Claim Management - Liaising with the appropriate team/s, internally and externally, to communicate all claims and seek relevant compensation or replacement.
* Customer payment follow up and reconciliation
* Sales order Creation/Cancellation/Returns - Work closely with the business unit Supply Chain Manager/Commercial to understand sales order requirements and expediting any actions necessary.
* Distribution of Customer Prices - Ensuring all relevant parties are kept up to date with the pricing of stock, and changes to the same, in a timely and appropriate manner.
* Stock Return from Customer - Co-ordinating all administrative and data management requirements in relation to stock returns to vendor
What you 'll need to succeed
* Experience of working in a multi-brand, multi-market, supply chain team.
* ‎4+ years of experience in a similar relevant role
* Experience of working with the implementation of complex purchasing programs and tasks.
* Ability to advise on the appropriate solutions to complex purchasing activity problems.
* Able to monitor the effectiveness of procurement policies and strategies in high-cost purchases.
* Improves procurement processes to maximize products or services efficiency and effectiveness.
* Teaches others how to use advanced technologies and tools for purchasing activities.
* Evaluates issues and considerations for purchasing various goods and services.
What we can offer you
With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your
journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities
and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal
mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are
extraordinary, every day.
We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive
benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution,
remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.
To view all our perks and benefits, click here.
We Invite All Applicants to Apply
It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and
Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At
Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.
We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We
ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age,
race, religion, national origin or disability status.