Assortment Planner

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:

As an Assortment Planner, you will primarily manage assortment building and item level forecasting for the North America Market (NAM). This scope includes and not limited to building and iterating an assortment range through analytics and assessment of market trend in styles and pricing. The assortment planning team works together to influence and partner with cross-functional teams from product development to all touch points of the go-to-market strategy and execution. This person will report directly to the Manager, Assortment Planning.

Your Role as an Assortment Planner:

• Bottoms-Up Style level reporting and forecasting
• Using data and insights to optimize assortment by style, collection, product category, and any other relevant product attributes
• Manage end-to-end forecasting, item setup, and support wholesale selling of new products, as well as inform allocation and replenishment
• Partner with Merchandise Planning and Demand Planning teams on the Open to Buy process, as well as inputs into demand forecast
• Effectively communicate product performance across teams in the NAM cluster and with global merch team
• Collaborate with marketing, visual merchandising, ecomm teams on go-to market strategies and product presentations
• Inform and influence sales teams on product knowledge and selling of focus products
• Ad hoc test and learn projects that further inform assortment strategy and/or commercial presentations

Craft your career with us if you have:
 

• 3-5+ years merchandising, planning, allocation or demand planning experience
• In Store, commercial experience a plus (Store Leader)
• Best in class organizational and communication skills
• Passionate about product and industry trends
• Data-driven and fact-based decision maker
• Effective communicator with a clear point of view
• Team player with a positive mindset
• Agile in navigating through ambiguities and changes
• A strong understanding of strengths and weaknesses and ability to be self-aware
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint

NYC Salary : $95,000 to $105,000 (commensurate with experience)

Our Benefits:

• We Dare! We offer robust compensation package including base and bonus, a 401K plan to help you secure your financial future 
• We Care! Pandora offers extensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability, Basic Life and AD&D, anniversary gift cards, recognition program and product discounts! 
• We Dream! Pandora is fostering growth and crafting opportunities to support the business needs which learning and development programs, continuous feedback, LinkedIn learning, tuition reimbursement and more 
• We Deliver! PTO Package including: Vacation, Personal, Sick, Birthday, Celebration days and Paid Holidays

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.