Job Description
Job Title: Planning Assistant
Location: Central London (Fully onsite)
Contract Length: 16/02/2026 to 29/05/2026
Payrate: £111 to £125 PAYE OR £150 to £169 UMBRELLA - depending on experience
Hours: 37.5/week
RESPONSIBILITIES
Replenishment Operational Management
They will be responsible for:
1. Assessing the Global Replenishment forecasts for their Division/Areas, and creating a culture of accountability for forecast accuracy
2. Maintaining the Global board line cards for Replenishment items and ensuring adherence to the Replenishment monthly critical path
3. Collaborating with a designated Region to identify and maximize opportunities in Replenishment products
4. Determining long range forecasting to support some key vendor strategies
5. Assisting in the Global Single Pool of Inventory, including forecasting future procurement by size and weekly Single Pool Stock allocations to regional contracts
6. Accountable for communication to the Regions on weekly allocation and stock drops
7. Partnering with Region to define optimal A&R parameters, driving global alignment, championing a unique relationship with an assigned Region whilst covering their product areas for all.
8. Alongside Planner, responsible for assessing the Global Replenishment line cards and ensuring adherence to global Weeks of Cover targets for both store and hub
9. Alongside Planner, responsible for driving the Global Replenishment Buy process across all lines actualising against seasonal plans
10. Assists in preparation of insightful commercial analyses to highlight missed opportunities and hindsight for future collection guidance / development particularly with respect for regional ranging
11. Assist other Replenishment Planners on coordinating regular free stock drops to optimize replenishment inventory
12. Assisting in forecasting and planning Replenishment margin for Input into the Seasonal Plans
Global Line Card Management
13. Responsible for maintaining parameters within Global Line Card across all Replenishment options, including addition and removals, seasonal set-up, link line management.
14. Responsible to reviewing Replenishment sized procurement, drive SPI allocation to Regions
15. Responsible for building and maintaining any necessary line card functionality to ensure optimum process and changes in business process.
16. Responsible for reviewing trading and buy summaries across the line card which flag anomalies versus centrally defined Hub WOC, Mins and Maxes
17. Responsible for updating Training documentation and driving ongoing training on Line cards across the regions.
18. Responsible for maintain good working relationship with IT to ensure data inputs into the Replenishment Line Cards are sustainable and fit for