Merchandise Analyst

Job Details:
Responsible for forecasting stock requirement based on current, past sales trends.
Responsible for following all processes & SOPs required to ensure availability.
Responsible for planning timely availability of merchandise to maximize sales during Events, Promotions, New Launches & etc.
Inventory Process & Hygiene
Responsible for adherence to all Inventory related system & processes.(Like GRN, SDN, STS & etc)
Accountable for timely clearance and documentation of Damages, Replacements & Repairs.
Responsible for maintaining error free inventory through control checks & following procedures to correct negative inventory, perpetual counts, Stock takes & etc.
Responsible for proper documentation of customer returns, Credit notes & other process which impact inventory.
Responsible for review of slow moving SKUs and suggest liquidation offers & plans.
Responsible for timely closure of all discrepancy related to shortages, Damages, Returns, Delivery & etc.
Responsible for accuracy of billing through proactive checks of Bar codes and etc.
Responsible for quality check of new arrival & providing feedback of the same.
Responsible for close monitoring of SPD at SKU level &providing analytical inputs to the Sales team to maximize sale.
Back Store Management
Responsible for ensuring proper stocking in the back store.
Responsible for Ensuring FIFO.
Responsible for ensuring Back store is accessible and maintained as per warehousing Guidelines.
Ensuring all registers related to back store stock keeping are maintained.
The job holder’s main responsibility & Accountability will be to ensure the availability of Merchandise as per Sales trends, Seasonality, Promotions, Events, Sale through & Self Space. The job holder is also responsible for Inventory health at the Store in terms of following the laid out in warding process & subsequent documentation. Also responsible for ensuring back store arrangements which will proactively ensure reduced damages & shrinkage
Replenishment & Availability
Responsible for ensuring optimum availability of merchandise.
Responsible for stock turns through optimum inventory management in terms of Stock cover.
Responsible for scheduling of Stock to Store & to shelves.
Responsible for ensuring Productivity through monitoring & driving sale through.

Damages & Shrinkage Control
Review & Monitor inventory through cycle counts.
Responsible for ensuring timely damage segregation, repair & clearance.
Responsible for loss prevention through restricting shrinkage & damages within the norms at store.
Responsible for ensuring all IN WARD & OUT WARD process adherence to reduce & control technical shrinkage.
Responsible for training in warding, sales staff in terms of product handling to control & reduce damages.

MA Role & Responsibility at transaction level
Delivery Efficiency
Review SRN from Wh and Keep the Stock on Designated place.
Share the Excel sheet to CRM of the arrival Customer Pick up & follow up for pending SWD and DO Record.
COD closure and Physical Product return against the CN or Refunds Mark Return /Mark cancel.

Stock Control
ASN Summaries, Warehouse returns Records – Monitor and Audit daily.
ASN Discrepancy Report must be enclosed with every BOL confirmed.
System GRN to be verified against physical receiving at day end closure.
Damage and Missing Item Report Must be kept on Monthly basis on every 25th of the month.

Inventory Accuracy
Daily incremental negative check from system and RCA
Drive Cycle count in line with planners
Appraise & prevent wrong practices of GRN or POS billing to SM/IC.
Report to planners for the adjustment and record the file updated before and after adjustment
Damages
Filling up the PQR Data and feedback reports.
Review CKDN fill ratio of store
Review SPD with Store team and drive actions on slow moving stocks or nonmoving stocks
Prepare and plan stocks for sale period.
Suggest possible offers that can impact of sale.
Review ‘zero sale last 30 days’ and take decisions through the SM.
Review stocks less than 5 qty and suggest offers to liquidate it.
Stock request analysis for planners
Report on discount stock sale on floor
Tracking and monitoring of Cross merchandise sales
Floor check on promotion offer running displays.

Qualifications:
The job holder’s main responsibility & Accountability will be to ensure the availability of Merchandise as per Sales trends, Seasonality, Promotions, Events, Sale through & Self Space. The job holder is also responsible for Inventory health at the Store in terms of following the laid out in warding process & subsequent documentation. Also responsible for ensuring back store arrangements which will proactively ensure reduced damages & shrinkage
Replenishment & Availability
Responsible for ensuring optimum availability of merchandise.
Responsible for stock turns through optimum inventory management in terms of Stock cover.
Responsible for scheduling of Stock to Store & to shelves.
Responsible for ensuring Productivity through monitoring & driving sale through.
Responsible for forecasting stock requirement based on current, past sales trends.
Responsible for following all processes & SOPs required to ensure availability.
Responsible for planning timely availability of merchandise to maximize sales during Events, Promotions, New Launches & etc.
Inventory Process & Hygiene
Responsible for adherence to all Inventory related system & processes.(Like GRN, SDN, STS & etc)
Accountable for timely clearance and documentation of Damages, Replacements & Repairs.
Responsible for maintaining error free inventory through control checks & following procedures to correct negative inventory, perpetual counts, Stock takes & etc.
Responsible for proper documentation of customer returns, Credit notes & other process which impact inventory.
Responsible for review of slow moving SKUs and suggest liquidation offers & plans.
Responsible for timely closure of all discrepancy related to shortages, Damages, Returns, Delivery & etc.
Responsible for accuracy of billing through proactive checks of Bar codes and etc.
Responsible for quality check of new arrival & providing feedback of the same.
Responsible for close monitoring of SPD at SKU level &providing analytical inputs to the Sales team to maximize sale.
Back Store Management
Responsible for ensuring proper stocking in the back store.
Responsible for Ensuring FIFO.
Responsible for ensuring Back store is accessible and maintained as per warehousing Guidelines.
Ensuring all registers related to back store stock keeping are maintained.

Damages & Shrinkage Control
Responsible for loss prevention through restricting shrinkage & damages within the norms at store.
Responsible for ensuring all IN WARD & OUT WARD process adherence to reduce & control technical shrinkage.
Responsible for training in warding, sales staff in terms of product handling to control & reduce damages.
Review & Monitor inventory through cycle counts.
Responsible for ensuring timely damage segregation, repair & clearance.

MA Role & Responsibility at transaction level
Share the Excel sheet to CRM of the arrival Customer Pick up & follow up for pending SWD and DO Record.
COD closure and Physical Product return against the CN or Refunds Mark Return /Mark cancel.
Delivery Efficiency
Review SRN from Wh and Keep the Stock on Designated place.

Stock Control
System GRN to be verified against physical receiving at day end closure.
Damage and Missing Item Report Must be kept on Monthly basis on every 25th of the month.
ASN Summaries, Warehouse returns Records – Monitor and Audit daily.
ASN Discrepancy Report must be enclosed with every BOL confirmed.

Inventory Accuracy
Appraise & prevent wrong practices of GRN or POS billing to SM/IC.
Report to planners for the adjustment and record the file updated before and after adjustment
Daily incremental negative check from system and RCA
Drive Cycle count in line with planners

Damages
Review ‘zero sale last 30 days’ and take decisions through the SM.
Review stocks less than 5 qty and suggest offers to liquidate it.
Stock request analysis for planners
Report on discount stock sale on floor
Tracking and monitoring of Cross merchandise sales
Floor check on promotion offer running displays.
Filling up the PQR Data and feedback reports.
Review CKDN fill ratio of store
Review SPD with Store team and drive actions on slow moving stocks or nonmoving stocks
Prepare and plan stocks for sale period.
Suggest possible offers that can impact of sale.