Senior Assortment Planner | Temporary

Hilversum, reference 2026-00319

Job description

Responsible for executing strategic planning for Sport products across the EMEA region, optimizing sales, inventory, and product health. Manage current and in-season assortment plans to drive sales, margin, stock efficiency, and product performance.
Key Responsibilities;
  • Manage Sport Assortment Plans and update them and in-season at Franchise/Product Family x Channel level; break down plans into style-color formats.
  • Own Open-to-Buy plans and validate them using Stock & Sales Plans to optimize sales, margin, inventory, and product health.
  • Develop and integrate short-term account or brand-specific forecasts for internal operations, including replenishment data, customer data, sales promotions, marketing plans, and new product introductions or deletions.
  • Analyze internal demand stream information and categorize it according to demand patterns; employ statistical techniques, business targets, causal factors, external market, and sell-through analysis to produce highly accurate global forecasts.
  • Drive Responsive/AA plans for seasons 1-6; propose validated analytical forecasts to MPUs, collect feedback, and optimize revenue/inventory.
  • Provide technical expertise, mentoring, and support within the demand planning function.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Merchandising, Sales, S&IM, and Marketplace teams to optimize key seasonal Sport and Marketplace moments.
  • Support documentation, timely communication, and technical consulting for the planning process.

Requirements

What You Bring:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sport Management, or a related field.
  • 6-8 years of experience in Sport Merchandising, Business Planning, or Assortment Planning.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to translate data into actionable plans.
  • Knowledge of Sport, product, and lifecycle management.
  • Commercial acumen with the ability to influence decisions based on data.
  • Experience with Marketplace segmentation and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Proficiency in Excel and relevant planning tools; familiarity with SSPs, OTB planning, or related systems preferred.
  • Fluent in English; additional EMEA regional languages a plus.

Working conditions

Contract via Undutchables and competitive secondary benefits.This position is a temporary role.Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position
Salary from: €5500,-
Salary to: €6500,-

Work location

Hilversum

Company description

Our client is a big player in the retail space.

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Elcin Arici, Eindhoven
elcin.arici@undutchables.nl
+31(0)6-18093399
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T: +31(0)6-18093399
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