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Category Planner Jobs in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa at X, bigly labs
Title: Category Planner
Company: X, bigly labs
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
We are X, bigly labs, Dis-Chem’s high-performance innovation hub; a place where bold ideas meet data, design, and radical customer focus to reimagine what healthcare can be.
Our mission is to power the future of healthcare by lowering costs, unlocking new possibilities, and improving access to healthcare for all South Africans. We do this through cutting-edge digital solutions that deliver smarter, more human, and truly patient-focused experiences. Here, your work is not limited to a whiteboard; it becomes real. It drives decisions, shapes experiences, and moves healthcare forward. We are driven by one big question: How do we use data and today’s technology to build breakthroughs to better health?
There’s only one question left: are you ready to make healthcare smarter, and actually mean it?
As a Category Planner you will optimize product assortments across diverse store clusters by developing a well-balanced product mix that aligns with customer demand, regional preferences, and market trends to deliver improved customer satisfaction and optimised profit in our store clusters. Ensures the right products are available at the right locations, enhancing sales performance, inventory efficiency, and overall customer satisfaction.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR?
- Degree in Retail Management, Business Management, Consumer Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- Minimum 2 – 5 years’ experience in assortment planning, range planning, merchandising, procurement, or retail analytics within a retail environment.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to interpret sales data and trends
- Experience working with assortment planning or category management tools
- Proficiency in Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI for reporting and data analysis.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Advantage: Experience working with SAP or similar assortment planning systems.
- Advantage: Previous experience in retail space planning or planogram development
- Advantage: Knowledge of retail trends, consumer behaviour, and category management strategies.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?
- Develop and maintain localized assortment plans aligned with customer demand, seasonal trends, and regional preferences.
- Analyse sales data, cluster performance, and market trends to optimise product ranges and improve category performance.
- Create and maintain planograms to ensure effective product placement and maximise shelf space utilisation.
- Collaborate with buyers and cross-functional teams to implement category strategies and identify growth opportunities.
- Monitor assortment performance and provide insights to support data-driven retail decisions.
WHO YOU ARE?
You are analytical, detail-oriented, and passionate about retail. You enjoy working with data to identify trends and opportunities, and you collaborate well with teams to deliver commercially sound assortment decisions.
Our values show up in how we think, build, and make choices that make an impact. We are building a culture that drives progress; one that fixes friction, chases what changes, and owns the outcome. We design with tomorrow in mind, ask sharper questions, and answer them with care, urgency, and systems that scale.
Think you’ve got energy, curiosity, and guts? Come hold the space, make it matter, and own a breakthrough.