Cellular Planner
Overview
The purpose of the Cellular Planner is to be responsible for the commercial planning, forecasting and performance management of cellular products (SIMs, airtime, data and related value added services) across the Shoprite retail network. The role translates cellular strategy into robust cellular plans, provides data driven insights to support pricing, promotions and campaigns, and ensures alignment between commercial plans and operational execution to drive profitable growth and optimise stock efficiency.
Requirements
- Degree in Commerce, Analytics, Supply Chain, Finance or a related field (essential)
- +5 years’ experience in planning, forecasting, commercial analysis or performance management within retail, telecommunications, financial services or similar environment (essential)
- Understanding of prepaid cellular or high volume consumer product economics (essential)
- Exposure to MVNO models, telco partnerships or digital product environments (preferred)
- Experience with planning systems, BI tools or structured performance reporting (preferred)
- Experience in a retail enabled or multi channel operating environment (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain sales and forecasts across cellular products, channels, stores and customer segments
- Apply quantitative planning techniques to forecast activations, recharges, usage and revenue
- Continuously refine forecast accuracy through variance tracking and performance analysis
- Track daily, weekly and monthly performance against plan, including volume, revenue and margin
- Identify trends, risks and out of line performance and recommend corrective actions
- Provide analytical input into pricing changes, promotional mechanics and bundled offers
- Support planning for product launches, campaigns and promotional events
- Align cellular plans with store execution capacity, distribution constraints and peak trading periods
- Consolidate and analyse data from multiple sources to support planning and performance tracking
- Produce regular dashboards, reports and planning insights for stakeholders
- Partner with Cellular, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Data & Analytics, Retail Operations and Supply Chain teams
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