What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Assortment Planning position at Pandora Media?
Manager, Assortment Planning
As the largest jewellery brand in the world, we a give a voice to millions of people's loves every day. Our beautiful products empower people all around the world to express themselves. We are proud to be part of their stories and the most important moments in their lives.
Where original thinking is welcomed, and can turn into positive impact in a heartbeat, we can dream big, dare to act, and deliver with care and passion. At Pandora where you can each craft far more than just an incredible career.
About the Team :
The Manager of Assortment Planning Leads and supports the Assortment Planning team. This indivudal is responsible for assortment plans, DV forecasts, inputs into 3 partnering teams, 1) marketing; 2) sales; 3) global merchandising. This is a leadership role within Merchandising and drives connectivity across merch financial planning and inventory optimization workstreams.
Your Role as a Manager, Assortment Planning :
- Coach and develop the direct report(s) of assortment planners
- Strategize and execute NAM cluster style / color assortments to drive sales and inform inventory optimization.
- Hindsight product performance and effectively communicate the NAM organization of style selling and merch actions.
- Lead the team on forecast selling by style color and effectively aggregate and articulate merchandising financial risks / opportunities, and corresponding commercial plans to mitigate deliver on revenue targets.
- Provide qualitative and quantitative inputs to global product development for local assortment needs.
- Partner with marketing and sales partner teams on implementations of top sellers and commercial initiatives.
- Adopt global branding initiatives to drive a cohesive brand image in the NAM cluster.
Craft your career with us if you have :
Our Benefits :
Salary : $120,000.00 - 130,000.00 commensurate with experience
About Pandora :
Pandora designs, manufactures, and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery 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 jewellery 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.
Pandora's recruitment procedures are designed to be transparent and clear for all candidates. This helps us ensure that applicants are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their competencies and skills by removing blocking factors, possible biases, and risks of discrimination. We encourage everyone applying to our vacancies to refrain from adding identity-related elements such as a photo, marital status, and age.
About Pandora NAM :
The Pandora North America team in the USA & Canada consists of more than 115 employees working at our offices in New York & Baltimore, more than 80 in our Logistics Center in Columbia, Maryland, an additional 100 in field positions, and more than 3,900 in our owned and operated stores.
Today, the USA is Pandora's single largest market. The Pandora North American region as a whole encompasses over 1,400 points of sale, including over 420 concept stores, with more than 300 being owned and operated by Pandora
Salary : $120,000 - $130,000
