Assortment Planner Markets

As an Assortment Planner % Markets at & Other Stories you will play a key role in optimizing and adapting our assortment for selected markets and channels to drive responsible growth and commercial success. Rather than building the assortment from the start you will work with an already defined assortment and shape it to better match local customer needs sales performance and market opportunities. 

In this role you will act as an important link between assortment sales and market needs. By combining strong analytical capabilities with a commercial and product-focused mindset you will ensure that the assortment is relevant well-balanced and optimized for each market.  

WHAT YOULL DO 

• Monitor sales performance customer needs and market feedback to identify opportunities and risks across assigned % markets.  
• Optimize an already defined assortment by adjusting product mix quantities and selected attributes such as colors to improve local relevance and commercial performance.  
• Drive planning and buying decisions on article level based on sales analysis market input and assortment potential.  
• Work closely with local stakeholders to understand what is performing well what needs to be adapted and where commercial opportunities exist.   
• Secure quantification order follow-up and stock optimization to support sales targets and budget goals.   
• Collaborate with assortment buying merchandising and sales-related stakeholders to ensure a strong and relevant market offer.   
• Contribute to seasonal planning performance follow-up and ongoing optimization of the local assortment offer for different markets and channels.   

WHO YOULL WORK WITH 

You will work cross-functionally with a broad range of stakeholders including local market teams merchandising partners buying teams and other commercial functions. The role sits in the intersection between assortment and sales where you will translate market insights into actionable assortment decisions and help optimize the offer for selected regions and channels.   

WHO YOU ARE 

We are looking for someone who combines strong analytical skills with commercial awareness and a genuine interest in product and assortment. You are confident working close to the numbers but also motivated by understanding how assortment decisions can improve the customer offer in different markets.  

We believe you have: 

• A solid experience within planning merchandising buying or a similar commercial role within the fashion industry. 
• Strong skills in quantification sales analysis and translating insights into actions on product level.  
• Experience of working independently and driving decisions in a fast-paced and changing environment.  
• A commercial mindset with an interest in assortment customer behavior and market adaptation.  
• The ability to balance structure and flexibility. 
• Confidence to challenge stakeholders ask questions and stand your ground when needed in order to secure the best business outcome.  

And who are: 

• Structured and organized in your way of working. 
• Flexible and solution-oriented.  
• Collaborative and comfortable working with many stakeholders.  
• Proactive and action-oriented.   
• Commercial curious and motivated by improving business performance through assortment optimization 

Additional Information 

This is a full-time permanent position based at our Head Office in Stockholm. 

If you feel that your experience skills and ambitions are right for this role please send your application in English as soon as possible but not after 15/5 Due to data policies we only accept applications through our career page. 

Please note that we may take the ad down before the application deadline if we receive a high volume of qualified applications so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Please note that this position is offered on a local contract which means you need to have the legal right to work in Sweden before applying. 

WHO WE ARE

& Other Stories is a modern fashion brand that tells expressive stories. Designed for everyday living with its excitement curiosity and imperfections our clothes empower those who think differently. Learn more about & Other Stories here.

 WHY YOULL LOVE WORKING HERE

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with broad development opportunities. All our employees receive a staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and addition to our staff discount all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to this & Other Stories-based colleagues also receive:

• 30 days holiday
• A collective agreement which includes pension and life insurance
• Wellness benefit 4000kr/year
• Benify Benefits Portal

JOIN US

Our uniqueness comes from a combination of many things our inclusive and collaborative culture our strong values and opportunities for growth. But most of all its our people who make us who we are.

We are committed to a recruitment process that is fair equitable and based on competency. We therefore kindly ask you to not attach a cover letter in your application. 

We look forward to hearing from you

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract