AI Planner - ANKO Global

 

Brighter futures start here

 

Anko Sourcing is the direct sourcing arm for the iconic Australian retail brands, Kmart and Target. As a team of highly experienced retail sourcing professionals, we strive to bring globally compelling, low-cost, on-trend products to our customers in Australia and New Zealand.

 

We follow the highest standards to source ethically and operate with a clear focus on the welfare of our planet and our people. Anko Sourcing operations span the largest sourcing markets across Asia, including China, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

 

Why Anko Global?

 

Anko is a vibrant home and lifestyle brand on a mission to make everyday living brighter for families around the world. Since launching internationally, Anko Global has expanded across Asia, Europe and North America and continues to build momentum through both wholesale and retail partnerships.

 

Joining Anko Global means becoming part of a highly collaborative team where you'll work alongside experienced retail, planning, sourcing, finance and technology leaders to solve complex challenges, influence strategic decisions, and help shape the future of global retail planning.

You'll have the opportunity to contribute to innovative initiatives, work across diverse markets and partnerships, and play a key role in building planning capabilities that will support Anko's next phase of growth.

 

 

Shape the future of retail planning on a global stage

 

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced large scale Merchandise Planner with innovation and growth with AI to join the growing Anko Global team.

This is a unique role that combines the commercial mindset of a Merchandise Planner with the analytical capability of a modern data-driven professional. Working at the intersection of Planning, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, Technology and external partners, you'll help design and embed the next generation of planning capabilities that support Anko's continued global expansion.

 

As part of our Central Planning & Inventory function, you'll work alongside experienced global retail leaders to shape how planning decisions are made across multiple markets. You'll have the opportunity to influence the future operating model of merchandise planning, leveraging advanced analytics and AI-enabled tools to drive smarter inventory decisions, improve forecast accuracy and unlock scalable growth.

 

This is a rare opportunity to help build something new, work across international markets, and play a meaningful role in the evolution of one of retail's most exciting growth stories

 

What you'll be doing

 

As an AI Planner, you will support the Anko Global Central Planning team in the design, development and execution of AI-enabled planning capabilities while delivering strong commercial outcomes through effective sales, inventory and margin planning.

 

Key responsibilities include:

 

• Developing seasonal, in-season and long-range sales, inventory and margin plans
• Managing Open-to-Buy (OTB) and inventory investment frameworks
• Monitoring category and market performance to identify opportunities, risks and areas for growth
• Supporting inventory optimisation and improving forecast accuracy through data-driven decision making
• Partnering across Planning, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, external partners and local market teams to deliver commercially relevant insights and outcomes
• Supporting the evaluation and definition of data requirements that underpin future planning capabilities
• Contributing to the development and adoption of AI-enabled planning processes and tools
• Helping translate advanced analytics into practical actions that improve inventory productivity, sales performance and customer outcomes

 

Help build the future planning operating model for Anko Global

 

A unique aspect of this role is the opportunity to contribute to the development of Anko Global's future planning operating model.

Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, you will support the evolution of AI-enabled planning capabilities a