Global Assistant Planner

ASOS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at an innovative fashion retailer where creativity meets technology! As a Global Merchandise Assistant Planner, you will play a crucial role in driving the assortment strategy and ensuring stock objectives are met. Collaborate closely with buying teams to analyze trends and set intake plans that align with customer demand. This role offers the opportunity to develop your analytical skills in a vibrant environment that values diversity and inclusion. If you're passionate about fashion and have a knack for numbers, this is the perfect opportunity to thrive and grow your career!

Benefits

Employee discount

Personal development opportunities

Employee sample sales

Access to LinkedIn learning materials

25 days paid annual leave

Discretionary performance-related bonus

Private medical care

Flexible benefits allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, merchandising, or supply chain, preferably in ecommerce fashion.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with buying teams to set intake plans based on product strategy.
• Analyze stock levels to meet customer demand and respond to trends.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Numerical Skills

Excel

SQL

PowerBI

Job description

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting-edge technology, but more importantly, we're interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy, we are driving diversity, equity, and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work do their best work.

Job Description

The Global Merchandise Planning team (GMP) is a key part of ASOS's commercial function, working alongside buying and merchandising teams to drive the assortment strategy and set purchase targets across the business divisions to achieve ASOS's stock objectives.

As a global merchandising assistant planner, you'll report into a Merchandise planner.

Role Objectives

1. Working closely with buying teams to understand their product strategy and set intake plans by fulfilment centre (FC) accordingly. Analyzing by category/brand to ensure the stock meets customer demand, reacting to trends and iterating plans.
2. Responsible for ensuring intake plans set roll back to target for buying division at FC level.
3. Supporting the product group planners on their product forecasts, maintaining and forecasting WSSIs.
4. Supporting the FC planners with analysis to drive trade in key markets.

Qualifications

Who We'd Like to Meet

• Previous experience of working in planning/merchandising/supply chain, ideally within ecommerce fashion retail.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Highly competent in Excel.
• Ideal but not essential to be proficient in SQL / PowerBI.

Additional Information

What's in it for you?

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!).
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business).
• Employee sample sales.
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials.
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day.
• Discretionary performance-related bonus scheme.
• Private medical care scheme.
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits.