# Planner

JOB PURPOSEThe purpose of the Planner is to forecast product needs based on sales histories and develop a product line plan that assures the profitability of a product category. JOB OBJECTIVESForecasting and budget management Accountable for planned revenue, forecast as well as achieving set budget by reviewing product lines and product line productivity, ensuring that there are enough items per product line to meet targets, suggesting items for last buy, identifying redundant stock as well as products for promotion. Responsible for Managing New Product budget, by making sure that new product presented by Buyer does not exceed budget. Monitor and show responsibility on achieving key performance indicators (KPIs) (i.e., sales plan, gross profit, cost reductions, stock turns, and closing stock). Assess and highlight areas of positive performance and identify areas where improvement is required, and implement appropriate action for their area of control Management of product line per category Responsible for managing the current stock on record and product life cycle by conducting research, analyzing consumer trends, looking for opportunities within Barron competitors as well as work

- **Id**: 4284655
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/barron-planner>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T21:26:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T21:26:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2739
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4542184
- **Name**: Barron
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/barron-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Simplify

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T21:26:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:4, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T01:55:02Z

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