Manager, Merchandising Controlling & OTB - Interim

Do you want to work in a global organization as the bridge between Finance, Merch, and Supply Chain? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where cross-functional collaboration is key? Then, keep on reading!

About the Role
In this role, you will consolidate top-down merchandise financial planning across your assigned Clusters, ensuring alignment with global strategy and optimized inventory performance. You will own end-to-end controlling and reporting, driving rigorous analysis to challenge Cluster assumptions and strengthen the plan quality. By evaluating historical trends, future outlooks, network changes, and promotional strategies, you will ensure that plans are both ambitious and realistic. Additionally, the role will develop as a people manager, leading a team of 1-2 colleagues.

More specifically, responsibilities will include:

1.Merchandise Controlling and Reporting

• Owning comprehensive controlling and reporting across sell-out, revenue, units, ASP, and sell-in
• Challenging and validating cluster assumptions to improve robustness and credibility of plans, and delivering performance analysis to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities
• Leading variance analysis versus budget, forecast, and prior year to drive meaningful discussions with clusters
• Developing clear dashboards and executive-level reporting to support decision-making

2. Inventory and Sell-In Controlling

• Assessing and consolidating cluster total business inventory plans versus global inventory guidelines and commercial ambitions, as well as monitoring inventory health indicators
• Aggregate cluster’s future network changes. Ensure those plans are known and incorporated into plans of other merchandising functions in Global Merchandising

3. Cross-Functional Business Partnering

• Acting as the financial bridge between Finance, Supply Chain, and Merch geo-squad functions
• Facilitating alignment between commercial ambition and operational feasibility

4. Continuous Improvement and Governance

• Enhancing planning and reporting processes to increase transparency and efficiency
• Ensuring compliance with global financial and inventory governance standards
• Improving analytical tools and methodologies to support stronger business steering

Some business travel is expected for this role, for approx. 10 days per year. 

What is needed to succeed

• 5-8 years of solid experience working within Merchandising, Supply Chain or controlling roles, ideally within a global organization
• Experience from retail, fashion or FMCG industry is a plus
• Proven experience in financial acumen and analytical thinking, with the ability to communicate complex financial insights clearly
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, by creating atmosphere of trust
• Planning and forecasting experience
• High attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Did we get your attention?
We hope you got all your questions answered and feel confident applying for this position. If you see yourself in the role and would like to become a part of Pandora’s future, please do not hesitate to apply! We are an international team, so please make sure to send us your application in English to be considered. We look forward to hearing from you!

We process applications on a continuous basis, which is why we encourage you to send your application as soon as possible. You can also read more about Pandora on our corporate site www.pandoragroup.com.

Icing on the cake 
You will be working out of our Head Office in Copenhagen V. Besides our beautiful interior design, we are also proud of our LEED Gold Certification for Energy and Environmental Design. This means that we use as few natural resources as possible and that we use them with respect. The result is a professional and dynamic space that is unique, comfortable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here or comes to visit. 

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.