E-commerce Planner
LexisNexis
Sandton, Gauteng
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Job description
Do you enjoy turning customer and sales insights into effective e-commerce plans?
Would you like to shape campaigns that increase traffic, conversions, and customer retention?
About Our Team LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles.
About The Role As an E-Commerce Planner, you’ll shape online sales strategy by aligning business goals with marketing activity. You’ll use data and creative execution to manage campaigns across digital channels, improve inventory availability, and deliver a consistent customer experience from the first advertisement through to checkout.
Responsibilities
- Develop demand forecasts using historical sales, market trends, and product lifecycle analysis to support product availability.
- Manage inventory flow, minimise excess stock, and reduce stock-outs.
- Use integrated e-commerce tools and platforms, including Shopify, to manage product listings and ensure accurate front-end inventory levels.
- Use advanced Excel capabilities, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs, and BI tools such as Power BI to analyse variances, predict trends, and produce reports.
- Align demand plans and campaign activity across purchasing, marketing, logistics, and other cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Relevant experience in demand planning, inventory management, or supply chain within an e-commerce or retail environment.
- Practical knowledge of business, marketing, supply chain, or a related field.
- Proficiency with ERP systems such as NetSuite, SAP IBP, or Anaplan.
- Experience using e-commerce platforms, specifically Magneto.
- Familiarity with retail metrics such as Open-to-Buy, turnover, and sales per square foot.
- Experience managing and executing marketing campaigns and coordinating cross-functional projects.
Work in a Way That Works for You We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
Working Pattern Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
Working for You Benefits We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Medical Aid
- Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
- Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
- Study Leave
About The Business LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.
We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.
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