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About the Role
As an Assortment Planner, you will optimize product mix and plan article assortments across regions to drive sustainable growth and maximize sell-through profitability. You will develop customer-focused assortments, manage global and regional article ranking, and ensure alignment across all planning activities, contributing to the best commercial offer for the target customer while supporting business performance.
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize regional assortments and article rankings, ensuring a balanced product mix that meets customer needs, drives growth and maximizes profitability.
- Monitor sales performance, customer insights and market trends to identify opportunities and risks, taking proactive actions to improve sell-through and business results.
- Support the delivery of the global assortment strategy by planning article quantities, stock levels and seasonal product flows, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and budgets.
- Partner closely with Buyers, Business Controllers, Merchandising, Marketing and regional teams to align priorities, optimize customer offers and ensure successful execution of plans.
- Guide and support junior team members while driving a collaborative, people-focused environment.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and business performance in line with departmental objectives.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a similar Planning, Buying or Merchandising role within fashion retail, with a good understanding of omnichannel dynamics.
- Strong proficiency in planning and assortment quantification software.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret product mix, price points, sales performance and regional differences to build balanced and profitable assortments.
- Confidence using customer insights, market trends and commercial data to make informed decisions.
- A genuine interest in COS and a strong understanding of how to deliver a relevant and compelling customer offer.
- Ability to produce high-quality, accurate work, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines.
- Resilience under pressure.
- Able to communicate clearly in writing and verbally, able to explain technical or complex points simply and keep stakeholders informed and updated.
- Build effective partnerships across Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Marketing and regional teams, influencing decisions and aligning priorities to achieve shared goals.
- Openminded and accept feedback professionally.
- Able to adjust to changing priorities, learns new tools and processes quickly and show curiosity and self-development.
Skills
- Planning
- Assortment Quantification
- Analytical Skills
- Customer Insights
- Market Trends
- Commercial Data Analysis
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder Management
- Adaptability
- Curiosity
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Onsite
Benefits
- Attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities globally.
- 25% staff discount usable on all H&M Group brands in stores and online.
- H&M Incentive Program – HIP.
- Up to 25 days holiday.
- Annual health checks.
- Pension scheme.
- Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Employee assistance via retail trust.
- Private health & dental care.
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation.
- Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas.
- Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.
- Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.