Merchandising Planning Director
Location: Copenhagen
Shape the Future of Pandora’s Merchandising Strategy
If you're a Merchandising Planning Director with big ambitions, why not bring your talent to the world’s largest jewellery brand? This could be your moment to shine.
We are excited to welcome an exceptional Merchandising Planning Director to our world‑class Global Merchandising team in Copenhagen.
In this role, your purpose is to maximize commercial value from our assortment, drive like‑for‑like (LFL) collection growth, and lead all activities related to sell‑out forecasting, geo‑squad collaboration, and buying preparation.
You will manage global sell‑out forecasts and demand (value and units), while partnering closely with clusters to strengthen LFL performance. You will also co‑lead the deployment of the Range Framework with Global Merchandising LT - owning weekly forecast preparation and newness buy cycles - and collaborate with stakeholders on sell‑in strategy, allocation planning, and order execution. This position holds responsibility for several key markets representing up to 35–40% share of business (SOB).
What you will do
In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring that our commercial plans, forecasts, and assortment strategies translate into strong global and local execution. You will help shape how markets prepare, plan, and act - bringing clarity, structure, and commercial focus to every stage of the allocation and execution cycle.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead global sellout forecasting across assigned clusters and channels, including End of Season Sales (EOSS), to shape buying strategy.
- Own the first signal to geo squads via sellout forecast, integrating local nuances and LFL targets.
- Manage mid and shortterm sellout forecasts to guide sellin, production, supply, and trend corrections.
- Partner with global and local merchandising teams to support strong execution and maximize commercial potential.
- Provide inputs to Trade Merchandising and the global product organization on article count and collection financials.
- Colead the Range Framework with the VP, ensuring strong tool ownership and seamless handover to inventory and allocation teams.
- Jointly own NPI sellout, distribution, and commercial strategy signoff by cluster, including collaboration with Inventory Strategy and Demand Planning on initial sellin strategy.
- Own value and unit forecasts for mid and shortterm horizons.
- Ensure system readiness for forecasting and buying/replenishment cycles (APTEAN and future O9).
- Lead execution of trending lanes from system inputs to final allocation in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Drive process optimization, standardization, and enhanced reporting to support scalable and effective forecasting practices.
- Contribute to the ongoing evolution of team structure and ways of working, bringing a proactive, selfdriven, continuousimprovement mindset.
Who you are
We’re seeking a motivated, analytical, and commercially minded leader who thrives in fastmoving environments and is committed to delivering impactful results. You bring clarity to complexity, influence effectively across teams, and demonstrate strong ownership in shaping commercial decisions.
We hope to see that you have and can demonstrate:
- Strategic and analytical thinking: ability to interpret market trends, customer behaviour, and performance data to guide merchandising decisions and align with broader business goals.
- Influence and collaboration: strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills with the ability to collaborate and influence crossfunctionally.
- Commercialdriven mindset: sharp focus on creating commercial value, identifying opportunities, and driving actions that maximize collection LFL growth.
- Adaptability & innovation: comfort with navigating ambiguity, responding to rapid change, and fostering creativity and innovation.
- Team leadership: proven ability to guide and motivate teams toward decisive, confident action in a fastpaced environment.
Furthermore, we hope to see that you have:
- 5–8 years of solid experience within Product Merchandising, Demand Planning, Buying, or Allocation.
- Experience from the retail or fashion industry.
Did We Get Your Attention?
We hope you feel inspired to apply. If you see yourself in this role and are excited about shaping the future of our global Merchandising & Supply Chain organization, we would love to hear from you.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Learn more about Pandora at www.pandoragroup.com
About Pandora
Pandora is the world's largest jewellery brand, specialising in the design, crafting and marketing of accessible luxury jewellery made from high-quality materials. Each piece is created to inspire self-expression, allowing people to share their stories and passions through meaningful jewellery. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 7,000 points of sale, including more than 2,800 concept stores.
Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs around 39,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery with 100% recycled silver and gold. Pandora is committed to leadership in sustainability and has set out to halve greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by 2030. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated revenue of DKK 32.5 billion (EUR 4.4 billion) in 2025.
