Strategic Category Demand Planner | Flexible Hours

Rituals; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount on Rituals products

Attractive bonus

Flexible working hours

Company & team events

Job summary

Rituals is seeking a Category Demand Planner in Amsterdam to own the end-to-end demand plan for assigned markets and categories. You will influence decisions by translating data into clear actions and leading the S&OP cadence across functions.

You will shape future ERP and planning tools while collaborating with Supply Chain, Innovation and business teams to improve availability and inventory performance. This role requires analytical depth and stakeholder influence.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in Demand Planning, S&OP, Promotion Planning or Commercial Planning.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the category demand plan for agreed markets and categories, including volume, cannibalisation and substitution assumptions.
• Lead the commercial planning cadence within the S&OP cycle and ensure alignment across functions.
• Advise and challenge business stakeholders using strategic analyses and forecast insights.
• Drive the monthly demand validation meeting, including data validation and reporting.
• Support the design and implementation of new demand planning processes and data flows in ERP.

Skills

Demand planning

S&OP

Promotion planning

Analytical skills

Tools

RELEX

SAP

Oracle

o9

Kinaxis

Blue Yonder

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Rituals is seeking a Category Demand Planner in Amsterdam to own the end-to-end demand plan for assigned markets and categories. You will influence decisions by translating data into clear actions and leading the S&OP cadence across functions.

You will shape future ERP and planning tools while collaborating with Supply Chain, Innovation and business teams to improve availability and inventory performance. This role requires analytical depth and stakeholder influence.