Solution Designer (Retail Technology)

Job Title: Expert in Retail Technology Solution Designer

Type of Resource: Contractor

Contract Duration: 1 Months

Location: Bristol, so that is South England

Number of Positions: 1

Experience Required: 10+ Years

Must Have: Expert in Retail Technology Solution design

Experience

• Has delivered operational transformations for mid-size retailers (100Mn to 5Bn).

Commercial Functions experience

• Supplier selection, sourcing, and negotiation of commercial terms
• Buy quantities, open to buy and the WSSI: how it is built, maintained, and used
• Stock flow through the supply chain, from supplier to warehouse to store
• Allocation and replenishment (grading and clustering)
• Initial pricing, in-life price changes, and multi-currency pricing and exchange rate management
• Markdown, terminal stock, and end of life
• Promotional design and the mechanics behind it
• Forecasting and demand planning
• The trading rhythm: the trade meeting, the reporting that supports it, and the decisions it produces
• The underlying data, attributes, and definitions that all of the above depend on