Category Planner

Rituals; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth

Staff discount on Rituals products

Attractive bonus

Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm

Company & team events

Job summary

RITUALS in Amsterdam is seeking a Category Planner to join our Supply Chain S&OE team. This position involves making critical allocation decisions to ensure product availability across various business lines including Retail, Ecommerce, and B2B.

The ideal candidate will have relevant planning experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to analyze data effectively. You'll have opportunities for personal growth, staff discounts on products, and attractive bonuses alongside flexible working hours.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in planning, forecasting, or supply chain management.
• Strong Excel skills, including advanced analysis and macros.
• Ability to work data-driven and perform detailed analysis.

Responsibilities

• Focus on allocation to optimize product availability.
• Monitor demand signals and support planning decisions.
• Create and improve allocation models in Excel.

Skills

Planning

Forecasting

Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Job description

As Category Planner, you will join our Supply Chain S&OE team at our Central Head Office on the Herengracht in Amsterdam in a role that is still taking shape. In the first phase, your main focus will be allocation: making sure products are available at the right place and the right time across our different lines of business, including Retail, Ecommerce, Wholesale, Travel, Master Franchise and B2B.

You will work in a dynamic environment where demand, stock positions and business priorities can shift quickly, and where clear decisions make a real difference. At the same time, you will help us further build the way of working for Category Planning, with automation through RELEX playing an important part in that journey.

As the role develops, your scope will gradually grow towards the 0‑3 months forecasting horizon, translating demand signals and business developments into a reliable short‑term forecast. You will create structure through analysis, bring clarity through communication and support better decision‑making across the business. With your data‑driven mindset, you will help us support turnover, optimise inventory levels and create a smoother customer journey.

Responsibilities

• Initially focus on allocation to optimise product availability and inventory levels across channels and lines of business. This will build understanding on planning to move to better forecasting later.
• Monitor demand signals, over‑ and underperformance, and business developments to support reliable short‑term planning decisions.
• Create, maintain and improve analyses, overviews and allocation models in Excel, and contribute to further automation through RELEX, to replace manual work.
• Work closely with planners and other internal stakeholders to align priorities, weigh commercial interests and communicate decisions clearly.
• Identify bottlenecks, risks and improvement opportunities in planning processes, including end‑of‑life items and key market moments.
• Take ownership of planning outcomes and gradually grow into a broader role in short‑term forecasting within the 0‑3 months horizon.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in planning, forecasting, allocation or supply chain, preferably within a multi‑channel or complex business environment.
• Strong Excel skills, including advanced analysis and preferably macros, and experience with AI tools is a plus.
• Ability to work in a highly data‑driven way and strong in analysis, checking details, creating clear overviews and sharing insights.
• Ability to balance different and sometimes conflicting stakeholder interests, set clear boundaries and say no when needed.
• Take ownership, work independently and switch quickly between topics while staying accurate, structured and resilient.

Benefits

• Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Staff discount on Rituals products.
• Attractive bonus.
• Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm.
• Company & team events.

Equal Opportunity

At Rituals, we are committed to care for everyone and strive to create a diverse workplace where all employees belong and have equal opportunities to succeed.