Assortment & Buying Manager

Sport Design Sweden; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Sport Design Sweden in Stockholm is seeking an E-commerce Assortment & Buying Manager to build world-class assortment for partner webshops and drive inventory and margins. You will work closely with our SDS Design and Sourcing teams to optimise offerings across channels.

Based at our Stockholm head office, January 2027 start, you will forecast demand, plan volumes and replenishment, place orders in our systems, and ensure bestselling stock.

Qualifications

• Experience in buying, merchandising or assortment planning in apparel ecommerce or retail
• KPI driven mindset with ability to translate insights into plans
• Proficient in Excel and business systems; commercially minded and detail-oriented

Responsibilities

• Own assortment and buying plans across partner webshops
• Forecast demand and plan volumes, size mixes and replenishment within budget
• Place orders in our order systems
• Keep bestsellers in stock through inventory management
• Follow up on margins and pricing, and decide what to reorder, develop, phase out or mark down
• Plan launches with the Design and Sourcing team and our partners

Skills

Buying experience

Merchandising

Assortment planning

Excel proficiency

Inventory management

KPI driven

Tools

Order systems

ERP systems

Job description

E-commerce Assortment & Buying Manager – Sport Design Sweden, Stockholm

Sport Design Sweden designs and produces merchandise for sports clubs, artists and brands, and runs their official webshops with worldwide shipping. Our ecommerce business is growing fast, and we’re looking for someone to build a world-class assortment for every partner, maximising the potential of each shop we run. You’ll do this in close collaboration with our partners and the SDS Design and Sourcing team.

Read more about what we do at sportdesignsweden.com

What you’ll do

• Own assortment and buying plans across our partner webshops
• Forecast demand and plan volumes, size mixes and replenishment within budget
• Order placement in our ordersystems
• Keep bestsellers in stock through effective inventory management
• Follow up on margins and pricing, and decide what to reorder, develop, phase out or mark down
• Plan launches with the Design and Sourcing team and our partners

Who you are

You have experience in buying, merchandising or assortment planning within apparel, in ecommerce or retail. You’re confident with the KPIs that drive a successful retail business, comfortable working in Excel and business systems, and have an eye for what makes an assortment stand out and inspire, while also selling. You turn insights into plans and follow them through.

This is a new role in the ecommerce team, based at our head office in Stockholm and reporting to the Ecommerce Manager. Start date is January 2027 or by agreement.