Strategic Inventory & Demand Planner

Nordic Knots; Stockholms kommun; Vor Ort; SEK 600.000 - 900.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nordic Knots in Stockholm is seeking a highly analytical Buyer & Planner to own inventory across markets, balancing stock, lead times and cash flow while supporting rapid growth. You will forecast demand, translate forecasts into purchasing plans, and optimize stock allocation across stores and wholesale, collaborating with Production, Commercial, Logistics and Management.

The role requires 5+ years in demand or merchandise planning, flawless Excel, and a data-driven mindset with a collaborative

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, buying or allocation.
• Excellent analytical skills and a great sense for numbers.
• Flawless Excel/Google Sheets skills, complex formulas, pivots and data models.

Aufgaben

• Build and maintain data-driven demand forecasts across categories, markets and channels.
• Track sales, stock levels and sell-through to anticipate reorders and spot trends early.
• Set and maintain safety stock, reorder points and lead-time parameters.
• Develop the forecasting logic itself, improving accuracy, granularity and the assumptions behind it.
• Translate forecasts into purchase plans and place orders in close collaboration with Production.
• Balance order quantities against MOQs, lead times, production capacity and working capital.
• Maintain the buying calendar so reorders and new launches land on plan.
• Make sure stock is available in the right place at the right time, across markets and channels.
• Own allocation to our stores and to wholesale, balancing commitments against available inventory and upcoming deliveries.
• Prioritize when stock is tight, and decide what goes where when demand and supply do not match the plan.
• Monitor and optimize inventory health: stock turn, weeks of cover, excess and aged stock, and stock-out risk on core articles.
• Drive actions on slow-moving and excess inventory together with the commercial team.
• Build and maintain spreadsheets, models and dashboards behind forecasting, allocation and performance tracking.
• Report on key KPIs such as sell-through, stock turn, inventory health, service level and margin.
• Analyze category and assortment performance, and turn the findings into buying and assortment recommendations.
• Act as the internal data expert for planning, keeping decisions grounded in numbers and facts.

Kenntnisse

Demand forecasting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

English fluency

Stock optimization

Tools

Excel/Google Sheets

Data dashboards

ERP integration

Jobbeschreibung

Nordic Knots in Stockholm is seeking a highly analytical Buyer & Planner to own inventory across markets, balancing stock, lead times and cash flow while supporting rapid growth. You will forecast demand, translate forecasts into purchasing plans, and optimize stock allocation across stores and wholesale, collaborating with Production, Commercial, Logistics and Management.

The role requires 5+ years in demand or merchandise planning, flawless Excel, and a data-driven mindset with a collaborative