Director of Buying & Planning

For Believers BV; Amsterdam; Híbrido; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

25 vacation days

Pension scheme

Mobility allowance

Daily lunch at office

20% discount on the entire collection

Monthly wellbeing budget

Personal development opportunities

Hybrid working: 60% in person

Sabbatical after 5 years

Join a B Corp and international team

Descripción de la vacante

For Believers in Amsterdam is seeking an Operational Supply Chain Leader Fashion to scale across Europe. You’ll shape the buying and planning strategy, translate goals into demand and production plans, and ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time across online and stores.

You’ll lead a high‑impact team, optimize supplier negotiations, implement forecasting tools, and build scalable processes that support rapid growth while maintaining quality and sustainability.

Formación

• 10+ years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role in buying, planning, supply chain or procurement.
• Strong background in fashion/apparel, retail, consumer goods or manufacturing; understands inventory-driven businesses.
• Experience building scalable processes in fast-growing environments.
• Hands-on ability to balance long-term strategy with day-to-day operations.
• Analytical and data-driven with strong forecasting skills.
• Strong negotiator capable of cross-cultural collaboration.
• Fashion or apparel experience with knowledge of seasons and long production lead times.
• Omnichannel know-how across e-commerce and retail.

Responsabilidades

• Turn ambition into a plan: translate financial goals into detailed demand plans and build accurate bottom-up forecasts based on assortment and sales data.
• Own production planning: be the main point of contact for manufacturing partners. Manage production timelines, make the most of factory capacity, and make sure goods arrive on time to meet demand.
• Negotiate with impact: lead procurement from start to finish. Negotiate prices, terms and contracts with finished-goods factories and raw material suppliers to protect margins without compromising on quality.
• Lead merchandising: guide and grow the merchandising team. Oversee product allocation, inventory flow and lifecycle management across all sales channels, online and in stores.
• Build for scale: bring structure where it’s missing. When a process, tool or habit keeps getting in the way, you fix it rather than work around it.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Forecasting

Negotiation

Data-driven

Cross-cultural communication

Strategic planning

Inventory management

Omnichannel planning

Herramientas

ERP systems

KPI dashboards

Planning tools

Descripción del empleo

Operational Supply Chain Leader Fashion | Amsterdam |

Hybrid (60% in the office)

About our client

Our client is an Amsterdam-based menswear brand dedicated to creating the perfect shorts, trousers and tops. A Certified B Corporation, it has grown since 2016 into a team of 300+ people from 40+ nationalities. With a strong online presence across Europe, the brand is now expanding its international retail network in cities such as Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris and London. Slow fashion, timeless design and craftsmanship are at the centre of everything it does.

The role

As the brand grows across Europe,more and morecustomers want its shorts, trousers and tops. We are looking for a Director of Buying & Planning, an Operational Supply Chain Leader Fashion who makes sure the right product is in the right place at the right time. You shape the strategy, you enjoy getting into the details, and you build the structure that lets the brand scale.

What you’ll do

• Turn ambition into a plan:translate financial goals into detailed demand plans and build accurate bottom-up forecasts based on assortment and sales data.
• Own production planning:be the main point of contact for manufacturing partners. Manage production timelines, make the most of factory capacity, and make sure goods arrive on time to meet demand.
• Negotiate with impact:lead procurement from start to finish. Negotiate prices, terms and contracts with finished-goods factories and raw material suppliers to protect margins without compromising on quality.
• Lead merchandising:guide and grow the merchandising team. Oversee product allocation, inventory flow and lifecycle management across all sales channels, online and in stores.
• Build for scale:bring structure where it’s missing. When a process, tool or habit keeps getting in the way, you fix it rather than work around it.

The ideal profile

• leads a team that makes the right product available at the right time each season, in line with management KPIs, and does so at scale (millions of SKUs per year);
• maintains strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders;
• advises management with data-driven proposals on growth, supply chain strategy, end-to-end planning, inventory risk and P&Loptimisation;
• has implemented processes and systems such as IBP/IDP, a forecasting tool andorganisation-wide inventory visibility;
• can show measurable results, such as improved on-time delivery and higher forecast accuracy.

Core areas of expertise

Buying & (Demand) Planning

• Integrated Business & Demand Planning (IBP/IDP)
• Inventory management
• End-to-end planning management

Supply Chain Management

• Supply planningandinboundplanning
• Supplystrategy&sourcing
• Supply chain operations
• Retail floorspaceplanning

Transformation Projects

• Setting up strategic supply chain models and forecasting tools
• DevelopingandmaintainingKPI dashboards
• ImplementingERPandplanning systems

Product Development

• Productmeasurementsandqualitymanagement

Leadership

• Strategic businessinitiatives

What you’ll bring

• Extensive experience:10+ years of professional experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role in buying, planning, supply chain or procurement.
• Industry expertise:a strong background in fashion/apparel, retail, consumer goods or manufacturing.Youknowhowinventory-drivenbusinesseswork.
• Scale-up mentality:you’ve worked in a fast-growing, dynamic environment and have a track record of building scalable processes and driving operational excellence from the ground up.
• Hands-on by choice:you’re comfortable zooming out to shape long-term strategy and zooming in on day-to-day operational challenges.
• Analytical and data-driven:strong forecasting skills, and you use data to make better decisions.
• A strong negotiator:you communicate easily across cultures, from factory floors to the boardroom.
• Fashion or apparel experience:you know the rhythm of seasons, collections and long production lead times.
• Omnichannel know-how:you’ve planned and allocated stock across e-commerce and a growing retail network.
• People leadership:you’ve coached and grown planning or merchandising professionals into confident, independent team members.

What you’ll get

• 25 vacation days and a pension scheme
• Mobility allowance if you live outside of Amsterdam
• All the equipment you need to succeed
• Daily free, fresh lunch at the office
• 20% discount ontheentirecollection
• Monthly wellbeing budget (Swapfiets,Treatwell, gyms) and free access toOpenUpand Meditation Moments
• Personal developmentopportunities
• Hybrid working, with 60% of your week spent together in person
• Sabbaticalafter5years
• Join a B Corp and work in a fun, international team, with team events and Friday drinks

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment for all current and potential employees. A diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. So no matter where you're from, who you love, or what you believe in, they welcome you to be your true self.

For Believers: “If you believe it, you can do it.”