Buying and Planning manager - Accessories & Hosiery (Sports Brands)

Haddad Brands Europe , founded in 2017, specializes in the distribution of children’s apparel under exclusive licenses (Nike, Levi’s, Converse, Jordan, Lacoste…) across Europe.

Operational for 9 years , the company has experienced remarkable growth and now counts over 500 employees throughout Europe.

We distribute our products both through wholesale , working with major multi-brand and specialized retailers, and through retail , via our corners in leading department stores.

In concrete terms, this means that if you purchase children’s apparel (0–7 years for Nike, 0–16 years for Levi’s, Converse, and Jordan), whether in a physical store, online, in the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, or anywhere else in Europe, the product you’re holding has gone through us — even if you bought it in an official Nike or Levi’s store!

We are currently looking for a Buying & Planning Manager in Hilversum (The Netherlands).

Drive Planning Excellence with across strategic digital accounts:

- Core responsibility is to drive accurate, demand-led buy and replenishment quantities for Accessories & Hosiery across all sports brands, translating sell-in trends and consumer demand into in-season and seasonal order recommendations.
- Monitor and analyse sell-in and inventory data for Accessories & Hosiery across the European market to identify risks and opportunities and continuously improve forecast accuracy.
- Manage in-season inventory for Accessories & Hosiery - re-buys, stock rebalancing across markets/channels, and risk mitigation on slow or fast sellers - to maximize sell-through and minimize excess stock.
- Execute the assortment and sizing/depth architecture for Accessories & Hosiery as set by the sports brand planners, adapting quantities by market, channel, and customer demand rather than setting category strategy.
- Act as the dedicated demand-planning resource for Accessories & Hosiery, absorbing the operational forecasting and replenishment workload from the sports brand planners so they can focus on brand/apparel strategy.
- Partner closely with sports brand Planning/Buying Managers to align Accessories & Hosiery demand plans with each brand's broader seasonal and commercial direction.
- Partner with Global Demand Planning to ensure European Accessories & Hosiery buys align with global requirements, inventory targets, and seasonal planning timelines.
- Build and maintain reporting tools to monitor sales, inventory, and demand performance for Accessories & Hosiery across granularity levels, supporting day-to-day forecasting decisions.
- Support process and reporting improvement initiatives for Accessories & Hosiery demand planning, as directed by the Planning/Buying Director.

REQUIREMENTS & SKILLS

- Experience in demand planning, buying, allocation, or merchandising (retail, fashion, or sporting goods environment preferred).
- Exposure to Accessories & Hosiery, or to multi-brand/multi-category environments, is a plus.
- Experience working across multiple brands or stakeholders in parallel.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with confidence in Excel/reporting tools and translating sell-in and inventory data into buy and replenishment quantities.
- High attention to detail and accuracy, given the SKU volume and complexity typical in accessories & hosiery.
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple brands' demand plans in parallel.
- Clear, proactive communication skills to flag risks and opportunities in time for action.

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS:

- Start date : ASAP
- Location : Hilversum
- Employment Type : Permanent contract

#HBErecrute