Category Planner (m/f/d)

C&A; Düsseldorf; Vor Ort; EUR 52.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

C&A academy

Partner discount

Employee discount 20%

30 days vacation

Pension scheme

Mental health program

International environment

Open feedback culture

Zusammenfassung

C&A in Düsseldorf is hiring a Category Planner (m/f/d) to develop and implement the Merchandise Financial Plan, build buy plans from historical data, and ensure programs reach optimal availability and sales.

You’ll lead Open-to-Buy forecasting by category, collaborate with Range Management, Sales, Merchandising, and Product Creation, and turn data into actionable insights across functions in a fast-moving, international fashion environment.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in merchandise or retail planning.
• Passion for understanding consumer demand through trend, market, and historical data analysis.
• Strong Excel skills; experience with Data Warehouse reporting tools is a plus.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into actionable insights and present them across functions.
• Excellent communication skills – able to influence and inspire across functions.
• Self-motivated, structured, open-minded, proactive, flexible, and comfortable with complexity.
• Good command of spoken & written English.

Aufgaben

• Develop and implement the Merchandise Financial Plan to drive collection profitability and productivity.
• Build accurate Buy Plans at the option level using historical data, demand forecasts, and product priority.
• Ensure key programs and “must-haves” reach their full potential in availability and sales.
• Align top-down financial targets with bottom-up planning across sales, intakes, margin, and productivity.
• Manage Open-to-Buy forecasting by category, market, and price type to optimize inventory and margins.
• Lead data-driven performance analysis to continuously improve planning accuracy and business outcomes.
• Create transparency through inventory scorecards to improve planning accuracy and business outcomes.
• Create transparency through inventory scorecards and support Sales & Operations Planning meetings.
• You’ll collaborate closely with teams across Range Management, Sales, Merchandising, and Product Creation. As a Category Planner, you’re not just behind the numbers – you’re a key partner influencing strategic decisions and shaping the future of our product offering

Kenntnisse

Excel skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education

Tools

Data Warehouse tools

Jobbeschreibung

The future looks like you

With over 1,300 stores in 17 European countries and more than 25,000 employees, C&A is one of Europe’s leading fashion retailers. Every day, C&A welcomes millions of visitors to its stores in Europe and to its online shop. C&A offers quality and long-lasting fashion at affordable prices for the many. We are building on more than 180 years of experience in the fashion industry and continuously modernise the company to become an omnichannel fashion retailer.

At C&A we are driven by our values and we believe that affordable and high-quality fashion is not contradictory to caring for people & the planet, we are always forward thinking and acting to develop our business and innovate the industry. This is your chance to join the C&A team as a Category Planner (m/f/d).

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the Merchandise Financial Plan to drive collection profitability and productivity


• Build accurate Buy Plans at the option level using historical data, demand forecasts, and product priority


• Ensure key programs and “must-haves” reach their full potential in availability and sales


• Align top-down financial targets with bottom-up planning across sales, intakes, margin, and productivity


• Manage Open-to-Buy forecasting by category, market, and price type to optimize inventory and margins


• Lead data-driven performance analysis to continuously improve planning accuracy and business outcomes


• Create transparency through inventory scorecards to improve planning accuracy and business outcomes


• Create transparency through inventory scorecards and support Sales & Operations Planning meetings


• You’ll collaborate closely with teams across Range Management, Sales, Merchandising, and Product Creation. As a Category Planner, you’re not just behind the numbers – you’re a key partner influencing strategic decisions and shaping the future of our product offering

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education


• Minimum 3 year of relevant experience in merchandise or retail planning


• Passion for understanding consumer demand through trend, market, and historical data analysis


• Strong Excel skills; experience with Data Warehouse reporting tools is a plus


• Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into actionable insights and present them across functions


• Excellent communication skills – able to influence and inspire across functions


• Self-motivated, structured, open-minded, proactive, flexible, and comfortable with complexity


• Good command of spoken & written English

What We Offer

This is an opportunity for you to join us on a truly exciting transformation journey, where you’ll be able to leave footprints that last and contribute significantly to our vision. As well as knowing that you played a key part in the evolution of one of Europe’s most recognizable retail brands, you will also enjoy:

• Countless learning and development opportunities via our C&A academy


• Access to a Partner Discount Scheme


• An employee discount of 20% in C&A stores


• 30 days' vacation


• Corporate pension scheme


• Mental health and wellness program


• An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment


• A positive working atmosphere and a talented team with an open feedback culture

C&A fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board that is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization where everyone can become their best self.

We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.