Assistant Channel Merchandiser

Hunkemöller B.V.; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Hybrid work model

Travel allowance

2 weeks abroad per year

Employee discount

Job summary

Hunkemöller B.V. is seeking an Assistant Channel Merchandiser to support e-commerce and concession partner channels through strong analysis, customer insight and clear follow-up on trading actions.

You will translate sales, stock and market insights into practical recommendations, collaborating across Product Merchandising, Retail, Marketing, Central Planning, Allocation and Supply Chain to boost channel performance and enable ownership of trading actions.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Understanding of trading, allocation, assortment (width/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 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

Data analysis

Reporting

Presentation skills

Collaboration

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

• 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

• 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 to work from abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
• An international work environment, working with teams across different countries
• Travel allowance to support commuting costs
• Access to the Hunkemöller Academy for professional development
• 25% employee discount on all Hunkemöller products

At Hunkemöller, we are looking for an Assistant Channel Merchandiser to support the performance of our E-commerce and concession partner channels through strong analysis, customer insight and clear follow‑up on trading actions. Hunkemöller’s mission is to be a much loved, social and inclusive brand - powered by our people. We have over 900 stores in 15 countries and we are growing. Our plans to expand both in Europe and beyond provide exceptional opportunities for those with a passion for retail. Indeed, passion is one our six values: fun, inclusive, passionate, sexy, in‑touch and inspiring. These values drive all we do and together with our growing commitment to the well‑being of people, planet and communities, we are building a brand aligned to the demands of our global customers and those that work with us. Our USPs are many however, at the heart of what makes us special is a commitment to World‑Class service, whatever the channel and wherever the store. This commitment extends to how we work with each other and creating a World‑Class working environment. Hunkemöller is certified TOP EMPLOYER of the Netherlands (for the third time in a row) & Germany 2020, which underlines our people initiatives and achievements.