Assistant Channel Merchandiser

Hunkemöller; Hilversum; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Hybrid work model

Work from abroad up to 2 weeks per yr

International work environment

Travel allowance

Hunkemöller Academy

25% employee discount

Job summary

Hunkemöller in Hilversum is seeking an Assistant Channel Merchandiser to work with Junior Channel Merchandiser and cross-functional teams to translate sales and stock insights into actionable recommendations.

You will analyse sales, stock, availability, and performance; collaborate across Product Merchandising, Retail, Marketing, and Supply Chain; enjoy a fast-paced environment with hybrid work and international teams.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in channel merchandising, merchandising, e-commerce or with a third-party retailer.
• Experience analysing sales, stock, availability, customer behaviour or channel performance.
• Strong Excel, reporting and presentation skills.
• Understanding of trading, allocation, assortment, width and depth, and customer behaviour.
• Ability to interpret best sellers, slow movers, size performance, availability gaps and stock imbalances.
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to collaborate with different stakeholders.
• Commercial curiosity and a proactive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Analyse sales, margin, stock, availability, sell-through, markdown, best sellers and slow movers across your assigned channel scope.
• Identify emerging commercial risks, opportunities and performance trends.
• Gather and interpret customer, partner, digital and competitor insights.
• Support channel assortment analysis, including width, depth, option productivity, price positioning and customer relevance.
• Prepare channel trading reviews that clearly communicate performance, commercial implications and recommended actions.
• Support promotional, campaign and launch analysis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Track agreed actions and assess their impact on sales, availability, sell-through, stock productivity and customer outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Merchandising, Retail, Marketing, Central Planning, Allocation and Supply Chain to ensure channel insight reaches the right teams.

Skills

Channel merchandising

Merchandising

E-commerce

Presentation skills

Communication

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Commercial mindset

Data interpretation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel

Job description

In this role, you will work closely with the Junior Channel Merchandiser, Channel Merchandiser and wider teams across Product Merchandising, Retail, Marketing, Central Planning, Allocation and Supply Chain. You will help translate sales, stock, availability, sell-through, size performance and market insights into practical recommendations that support better commercial decisions.

Your key responsibilities

As Assistant Channel Merchandiser, you will:

• Analyse sales, margin, stock, availability, sell-through, markdown, best sellers and slow movers across your assigned channel scope.
• Identify emerging commercial risks, opportunities and performance trends.
• Gather and interpret customer, partner, digital and competitor insights.
• Support channel assortment analysis, including width, depth, option productivity, price positioning and customer relevance.
• Prepare channel trading reviews that clearly communicate performance, commercial implications and recommended actions.
• Support promotional, campaign and launch analysis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Track agreed actions and assess their impact on sales, availability, sell-through, stock productivity and customer outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Merchandising, Retail, Marketing, Central Planning, Allocation and Supply Chain to ensure channel insight reaches the right teams.

What you bring

You are structured, analytical and commercially minded, with the ability to look beyond the data and turn insights into clear observations and practical actions. You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where trading performance, customer behaviour and stock productivity are key.

We are looking for someone with:

• Around 2–4 years of experience in channel merchandising, merchandising, e-commerce or with a third-party retailer.
• Experience analysing sales, stock, availability, customer behaviour or channel performance.
• Strong Excel, reporting and presentation skills.
• A good understanding of trading, allocation, assortment, width and depth, and customer behaviour.
• The ability to interpret best sellers, slow movers, size performance, availability gaps and stock imbalances.
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to collaborate with different stakeholders.
• Commercial curiosity and a proactive mindset.

What you can expect

This is a great opportunity to build your channel merchandising capability in a dynamic retail environment. You will develop your ability to move beyond reporting into identifying risks, opportunities and commercial implications, while growing towards Junior Channel Merchandiser ownership.

If you are ready to combine data, customer insight and commercial thinking to support our channel performance, we would love to hear from you.

What we offer

• 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 4 additional days
• Hybrid work model, combining office and remote working
• Possibility towork from abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
• Aninternational work environment, working with teams across different countries
• Travel allowanceto support commuting costs
• Access to theHunkemöller Academyfor professional development
• 25% employee discounton all Hunkemöller products