Senior assortment planner Vacatures

Over de vacature

Our client is a leading global sports brand looking for a Senior Assortment Planner to join its Planning team. In this role, you will develop and optimize seasonal assortment plans to meet consumer demand, support business growth, and achieve financial targets across multiple marketplaces and sales channels.
You will work closely with Merchandising, Finance, Marketplace Planning, Business Planning, and Supply & Inventory Management teams to ensure effective product, demand, and inventory planning.Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and influencing seasonal assortment plans, including revenue, margin, product receipts, and inventory targets.
• Using statistical forecasting, sales data, market trends, and consumer insights to improve forecast accuracy and support data-driven decisions.
• Developing product strategies that support brand objectives, financial targets, and marketplace needs.
• Monitoring in-season sales, forecasts, and inventory performance to identify risks and opportunities, develop action plans, and drive follow-up where needed.
• Managing inventory health across product categories and marketplaces to optimize product availability and overall business performance.
• Analyzing product performance and identifying opportunities to improve sales, profitability, and inventory efficiency.
• Supporting pricing, trading, and product allocation decisions based on sales performance, consumer demand, and marketplace insights.
• Working with Merchandising teams to optimize product assortments in line with business priorities and marketplace strategies.
• Presenting assortment plans and data-driven recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Leading projects independently, prioritizing deliverables, and ensuring timely communication and collaboration across teams.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of direct experience in assortment planning, demand planning, merchandise planning or inventory planning.
• Strong understanding of financial planning, product performance, inventory management, and seasonal assortment planning.
• Experience with forecasting, sales analysis, and data-driven planning techniques.
• Ability to analyze complex data, identify business risks and opportunities, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to assess product potential, consumer demand, and marketplace performance.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders through clear, data-driven communication.
• Strong problem-solving skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to work independently.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while delivering high-quality results.
• A proactive mindset, with an interest in continuous improvement, data science, and new planning methods.
• Ability to embrace change, value different perspectives, promote clarity and accountability, and take a strategic, end-to-end approach to planning.
• Currently residing in Hilversum or the surrounding area.

Benefits

Contract via  Undutchables and competitive secondary benefits.Est. Start Date: 02/11/2026Est. End Date: 01/06/2027 Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position

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Over de vacature

As a Senior Assortment Planner by EMEA at Nike, you will play a crucial role in shaping the consumer product offering across Nike Stores Owned (NSO) throughout the EMEA region. Based at the European Headquarters in Hilversum. This is a full-time position for 40 hours per week focused on developing multi-seasonal assortment plans that drive profitability, inventory health and brand strength.

what we offer

• €27-€34 gross based on experience
• 40 hours per week
• temporary assignment until May 31st, 2027
• Nike EHQ (Hilversum)

who are you

Are you a strategic retail expert ready to turn complex data into clear, impactful business growth? We are looking for a resilient, collaborative leader to hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment!

• Retail & Financial: Strong understanding of retail finance, marketplace metrics and commercial strategy.
• Data Storytelling & Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex data into clear narrative insights and actionable structures.
• Stakeholder influence: Proven experience collaborating with and influencing broad, cross-functional teams.
• End-to-End strategic mindset: Strong grasp of business decision impacts across both pre-season planning and in-season execution.
• Growth mindset: A proactive, can-do attitude with full ownership over decisions, outcomes and learnings.

what will you do

In this role, you act as the connective tissue between planning, merchandising, sports, supply chain and finance to ensure assortment strategies deliver outstanding consumer experiences and strong commercial results. Your key responsibilities include:

• End-to-End assortment planning: Build and maintain rolling stock & sales and open-to-buy plans through the lens of sport to optimize retail sales value, margins and inventory health.
• Performance & Risk management: Lead seasonal buys and responsive planning, communicating key performance insights while mitigating risks and capitalizing on growth opportunities.
• Cross-Functional collaboration: Partner with merchandising, allocation, business planning and sport teams to align product offerings with Nike’s sport-led offense and brand activation initiatives.
• Strategic decision support: Actively contribute to key business review moments by presenting risk/opportunity analyses and data-backed business recommendations.
• Innovation & analytics: Adopt modern planning tools and analytics to drive process efficiency and facilitate strategic discussions with senior stakeholders.

where will you work

You'll be based at Nike's inspiring European Headquarters (EHQ) in Hilversum, a dynamic campus fully immersed in the energy and values of the brand. Nike offers a hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home).

• travel allowance: €0.23 per km (up to a maximum of 100 km per day)
• home office allowance: €5 net per day when working from home
• 24 vacation days per year (based on a full-time 40-hour workweek), with the option to take extra days off
• 8% annual holiday allowance on top of your salary, paid in May or June
• a 25% discount in the Nike campus store.
• unlimited access to gym facilities on campus, even outside working hours!
• a pension plan provided by Randstad to ensure your future is well taken care of.
• personal development: access to a wide range of free training courses and programs through Randstad.

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