Assortment Planner - Menswear

As an Assortment Planner, you are responsible for optimising the product mix and planning article assortments across regions to drive sustainable growth and maximise sell-through profitability. Working closely with the Senior Buyer and Senior Business Controller, you develop customer-focused assortments, manage global and regional article ranking, and ensure alignment across all planning activities. Through strong collaboration and data-driven decision-making, you help create the best commercial offer for our target customer while supporting overall business performance and profitability
What you will do:
Develop and optimise regional assortments and article rankings, ensuring a balanced product mix that meets customer needs, drives growth and maximises profitability.
Monitor sales performance, customer insights and market trends to identify opportunities and risks, taking proactive actions to improve sell-through and business results.
Support the delivery of the global assortment strategy by planning article quantities, stock levels and seasonal product flows, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and budgets.
Partner closely with Buyers, Business Controllers, Merchandising, Marketing and regional teams to align priorities, optimise customer offers and ensure successful execution of plans.
Guide and support junior team members while driving a collaborative, people-focused environment.
Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and business performance in line with departmental objectives
Previous experience in a similar Planning, Buying or Merchandising role within fashion retail, with a good understanding of omnichannel dynamics.
Strong proficiency in planning and assortment quantification software.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret product mix, price points, sales performance and regional differences to build balanced and profitable assortments.
Confidence using customer insights, market trends and commercial data to make informed decisions.
A genuine interest in COS and a strong understanding of how to deliver a relevant and compelling customer offer.
Delivery & Execution: Ability to produce high-quality, accurate work, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines. You should also be able to demonstrate resilience under pressure.
Communication: Able to communicate clearly in writing and verbally, you should be able to explain technical or complex points simply and keep stakeholders informed and updated.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Build effective partnerships across Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Marketing and regional teams, influencing decisions and aligning priorities to achieve shared goals. You should also be openminded and accept feedback professionally
Adaptable & Curious: You should be able to adjust to changing priorities, learns new tools and processes quickly and show curiosity and self-development

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
No