# Assortment Planner

**Company**: H&M Group
**Location**: London, England
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As an Assortment Planner, you are responsible for optimising the product mix and planning article assortments across regions to drive sustainable growth and maximise sell-through profitability.

Working closely with the Senior Buyer and Senior Business Controller, you develop customer-focused assortments, manage global and regional article ranking, and ensure alignment across all planning activities.

Through strong collaboration and data-driven decision-making, you help create the best commercial offer for our target customer while supporting overall business performance and profitability.

**Responsibilities**

- Develop and optimise regional assortments and article rankings, ensuring a balanced product mix that meets customer needs, drives growth and maximises profitability.

- Monitor sales performance, customer insights and market trends to identify opportunities and risks, taking proactive actions to improve sell-through and business results.

- Support the delivery of the global assortment strategy by planning article quantities, stock levels and seasonal product flows, ensuring alignment with departmental goals and budgets.

- Partner closely with Buyers, Business Controllers, Merchandising, Marketing and regional teams to align priorities, optimise customer offers and ensure successful execution of plans.

- Guide and support junior team members while driving a collaborative, people-focused environment.

- Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, ways of working and business performance in line with departmental objectives.

**Qualifications**

- Previous experience in a similar Planning, Buying or Merchandising role within fashion retail, with a good understanding of omnichannel dynamics.

- Strong proficiency in planning and assortment quantification software.

- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret product mix, price points, sales performance and regional differences to build balanced and profitable assortments.

- Confidence using customer insights, market trends and commercial data to make informed decisions.

- A genuine interest in COS and a strong understanding of how to deliver a relevant and compelling customer offer.

- Delivery & Execution: Ability to produce high-quality, accurate work, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines.

- Communication: Able to communicate clearly in writing and verbally, you should be able to explain technical or complex points simply and keep stakeholders informed and updated.

- Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Build effective partnerships across Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Marketing and regional teams, influencing decisions and aligning priorities to achieve shared goals.

- Adaptable & Curious: You should be able to adjust to changing priorities, learn new tools and processes quickly and show curiosity and self-development.

**Benefits**

- 25% staff discount usable on all H&M Group brands in stores and online.

- H&M Incentive Program – HIP.

- Up to 25 days holiday.

- Annual health checks.

- Pension scheme.

- Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via benefits hub.

- Cycle to work scheme.

- Discounted gym membership.

- Employee assistance via retail trust.

- Private health & dental care.

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## Skills

### Required
- planning and assortment quantification software
- analytical skills
- communication skills
- collaboration and stakeholder management
- adaptability and curiosity

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