Merchandise & Replenishment Planner (m/f/d)

You enjoy working with products, sales numbers, stock levels and availability? You like structure, numbers and operational follow-up — but you are also strong in communication and keeping topics moving across departments?

Then this role is made for you.

As Merchandise & Replenishment Planner, you ensure that the right products are available in the right quantities, at the right time and in the right channels. This is not a classic demand planning role focused only on forecasting. It is a commercial and operational planning role close to merchandise planning, replenishment, inventory, buying, sales and key account execution.

• Plan and monitor product availability across channels, categories and key accounts
• Translate forecasts, sell-in, sell-out, stock levels and commercial priorities into operational replenishment decisions
• Create, maintain and validate inventory, replenishment and ordering plans
• Monitor stock levels, safety stock, lead times, sales performance and product coverage
• Identify risks such as shortages, overstocks, slow movers, supply bottlenecks or out-of-stock situations early
• Support article-, category- and account-based planning decisions

• Work closely with Purchasing on order quantities, timing, supplier updates and delivery schedules
• Track delivery dates, production status and supply risks
• Escalate delays, availability risks or quantity deviations proactively
• Help ensure a smooth and reliable flow of goods across the supply chain
• Support invoice-, order- or claims-related clarifications where they affect product flow, availability or customer supply

• Act as a strong operational interface between Forecasting, Sales, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Logistics, Customer Success and Finance
• Provide operational feedback and plausibility checks on forecasts, sales assumptions and replenishment needs
• Translate commercial requirements into executable planning and supply actions
• Push open topics across departments and make sure planning issues are solved instead of getting stuck

• Work hands-on with planning, ERP and reporting tools such as SAP Business One, Streamline, Excel or Power BI
• Improve transparency around stock, availability, replenishment and planning performance
• Support better processes in merchandise planning, replenishment, buying and operational planning
• Contribute to data evaluations, scenario analyses and cross-functional improvement projects

• Experience in merchandise planning, replenishment planning, retail planning, allocation planning, category planning, inventory planning, supply planning, buying support or a comparable role
• Strong understanding of product availability, stock levels, replenishment, order planning and sales performance
• Good analytical skills and confidence working with numbers, Excel, ERP systems and product data
• Experience in FMCG, retail, e-commerce, wholesale, food, nutrition, consumer goods, fashion retail or a similar environment
• Ability to connect commercial priorities with operational planning realities
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to actively push topics across departments
• Hands-on mentality, ownership and strong follow-up discipline
• Structured, reliable and solution-oriented working style
• Fluent English skills