Assortment Planner

**_Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewelry company while constantly improving your operational experience? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you You will be part of an exciting business area and work in an international organization of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people._**

The Assortment Planner's primary purpose is to support the Assortment Planning Manager in making sure the assortment reflects the cluster needs and supports GBU product development pipelines. To be the eyes and ears of the customer for the LAPAC Office and ensure the cluster needs are clear from an assortment line plan. Support to ensure excellent execution across all touch points of the go-to-market strategy. This position is also dedicated to assuring all information (including pricing and product master data) on the Products is updated and available.

**Your Role as an Assortment Planner**:

- Assortment Planning: Using data and insights to optimize assortment by style, collection, product category, and any other relevant product attributes
- Newness Demand Forecasting: Utilize historical data, market trends, and sales forecasts to predict demand accurately.
- Pricing: research various market trends and pricing strategies, track customer engagements on products to determine and develop efficient pricing strategies and insights, and create formal proposals for margin optimization.
- Channel Segmentation: understand the different tiers and clients we reach and what is the best combination and portfolio that suits their desires.
- Open-to-Buy Review: Partner with Merchandise Planning and Demand Planning teams on the Open to Buy process, as well as inputs into demand forecast
- Reporting and Analysis: Generate regular reports on key performance metrics, including sell-through rates, LfL indexes and Variances to Plan. Provide insights and recommendations based on data analysis.
- Collaboration: Work closely with regional merchandising, marketing, visual merchandising, ecomm teams on go-to market strategies and to gather market insights, understand customer preferences, and adjust assortments as needed.
- Cross-Functional Communication: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Cluster Merchandising, and Merchandise Financial Planning, to align merchandise strategies with overall business objectives.
- Inform and influence sales teams on product knowledge and selling of focus products
- Ad hoc test and learn projects that further inform assortment strategy and/or commercial presentations

**What is needed to succeed**:

- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, Finance, Marketing, Business Administration, Fashion Merchandising or similar
- 3-5+ years of merchandising, planning, allocation, or sales experience
- Euromonitor, Ecomm Marketing, or Online Scraping experience a plus
- A passion for jewelry and an understanding of fashion trends is desirable
- Passionate about product and industry trends
- Data-driven and fact-based decision-maker
- Effective communicator with a clear point of view
- Team player with a positive mindset
- Agile in navigating through ambiguities and changes
- A strong understanding of strengths and weaknesses and the ability to be self-aware
- Skilled in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Fluent English is a must.
- Able to perform under pressure, organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
- Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills
- Ability to be part of a team, set challenging standards, develop strong partnerships, and lead others to action
- Support an environment that fosters respect for the ideas of others as well as ongoing collaboration to execute business strategy.

**Did we get your attention?**

**If you see yourself in the position and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you**

**About Pandora**

Pandora designs, manufactures, and markets hand-finished jewelry made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewelry is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 27,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewelry at two LEED-certified facilities in Thailand using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 23.4 billion in 2021.

**At Pandora, we believe that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace and reflecting societal diversity in our customer engagement is essential to delivering on our company purpose: to give a voice to people’s love. We dedicate ourselves to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of inclusion and diversity where everyone feels