We start by meeting with you to determine the category role and high-level needs for the assortment review. A range of basic information must be confirmed, for example, the data sets to be used, rules to be included in the calculation, physical space available, existing or new cluster setup and so on.
Throughout this structured meeting, your DotActiv Assortment Planner will provide guidance and make suggestions where applicable.
The next step is to meet again to present the provisional assortment plan which contains the suggested selection of products to be ranged for the store or cluster.
The provisional assortment plan is based on the category role, data sets provided and the selection of rules included and applied to each sub-grouping of products for the category. This meeting is used to critically analyse, confirm and make final changes to the assortment strategy.
Next, your DotActiv Assortment Planner will present the final assortment for approval. The assortment delivery includes a detailed list of products to be included in the assortment, a comprehensive slide pack which details the category overview, category role, shelf space limitations, calculations used, reports, and all other supporting rationales for how the assortment was determined.
The final step is a post-implementation review and case study. During this session, we outline the results of the implementation and determine what can be improved for the next assortment review.
DotActiv Assortment Planners are helpful and easy to work with. They are certified through DotActiv Academy and are provided with regular and ongoing training, which means you can be confident that you are dealing with a subject matter expert.
Our partnerships with local universities and a strong focus on recruiting the very best talent result in us hiring for capability, knowledge, skills and attitude. Our assortment planners typically have at least a Consumer Science Degree. Many of our staff also have Honours or Masters degrees.
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Our assortment services are supported by our proprietary assortment planning software. The software allows us to transform data, strategic intent and connection to space planning into data-driven assortments, which increase category performance for our customers.
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Consider your dedicated assortment planner a member of your team that reports to you directly except that they are based off-site. Each aspect of our assortment services can be delivered virtually.
Meetings are held through Google Meet’s Video Conferencing. Other communication methods include email, phone calls and Google’s instant chat. All assortment planners outputs are subject to senior oversight from DotActiv management to ensure quality outputs, which are based on best practices. When clients prefer for DotActiv assortment planners to be based on-site, that can be arranged.