The posting
- Competitive base salary corresponding.
- Comprehensive cafeteria and employee health/wellbeing benefits package.
- Hybrid work arrangement with modern office infrastructure.
- High-visibility position with significant ownership over core retail programmes.
- Diverse opportunities for professional development and international career advancement within a global retail leader.
- Experience: 3–5+ years of relevant experience in retail commercial planning, merchandise planning, category management, or retail buying with a strong analytical focus.
- Analytical Background: Solid grasp of commercial and financial retail metrics (sell-through, gross margin, OSDs, inventory valuation, and stock cover).
- Technical Skills: Advanced MS Excel mastery (data manipulation, advanced modeling, multi-layered lookups, Pivot Tables). Working knowledge or hands-on experience with BI and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI) is considered a strong plus.
- Soft Skills & Ownership: Proactive problem-solver with high autonomy and commercial acumen. Strong influencing and stakeholder-management skills across diverse departments and levels of leadership. Ability to prioritize under tight deadlines and balance strategic goals with operational changes.
- Language Skills: Excellent command of English (essential for regular stakeholder presentations and senior alignment).
- Flexibility: Ability to work standard afternoon/evening hours (13:00 – 21:00).
- End-to-End Programme Overview: Maintain a coordinated, holistic view of the Specials programme, aligning commercial targets, themes, OSDs, and financial goals.
- In-Depth Performance & Financial Analysis: Analyze sell-through rates, stock turn, inventory KPIs, and promotional performance to highlight trends, risks, and commercial opportunities.
- Exception & Change Management: Evaluate and steer proposed programme modifications (schedule shifts, item additions, cancellations) against master plans and business impact.
- Actionable Recommendations: Go beyond highlighting deviations by formulating data-backed action plans, mitigation strategies, and optimization proposals for management.
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management: Drive transparent communication and alignment across Buying, Grocery, Supply Chain, International Specials, Key Events, and executive leadership.
- Process & Tool Improvement: Partner with external data teams and internal BI units to refine reporting tools and streamline data ingestion workflows



