Job Description
As an Assortment Planner you are accountable to optimize the product mix, quantify the assortment and planning of number of articles for your channel in all departments to maximize meaningful growth and increasing sell through profitability. Together with the Buyer you will plan the best assortment for our target customer. You are responsible, together with the Buyer, for global and regional article ranking. You work in tight collaboration with the Buyer and the Business Controller to secure the best customer offer.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The creative soul of the brand is fuelled by a deep connection to modern culture, dynamic global cities and compelling fashion movements. With an emphasis on expert craftsmanship, innovation and materiality, collections are created with a mindful approach, seamlessly blending contemporary and timeless. Learn more about COS here.
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• Together with the Buyer, set the assortment planning and identify what will drive sales in relation to product type, price and colour, reaching the needs of the global customer
• Together with the Buyer you are responsible to plan, analyse and react, and to work closely with the product, price, profitability strategy in accordance with the department goals
• Constantly follow-up, react and identify sales opportunities both long and short-term based on selling, customer insight and analysis
• Securing the best purchase, by buying at the right time, the right item based on current fashion and customer needs
• Responsible for content planning, aligning income per region and collection handover to Merchandising and Marketing team
• Co-work with the Buying Controllers to align targets and budgets and collaborating with Buyers to secure the best customer offer
• Guide, involve inspire and develop junior member’s of the team, challenge them to act with confidence
• Accountable to deliver region-selling input to the team to create meaningful growth
• Drive the quarterly regional input communication ensuring all feedback is shared with relevant teams and actions are taken that will make the biggest difference
• Accountable to quantify all articles and products per region with the global strategy in mind
• Manage and securing order placement
• Identify areas for improvement and seek out future buying trends, as well as develop/adapt new ways of working
  Qualifications
  Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.