Planner - Marketplaces

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.

At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.

As a key player in supporting the delivery of our Digital & Marketplace strategy, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the right products are delivered at the right times, tailored to the needs of our target accounts and consumers. Your focus will be on driving availability to enhance sell-through rates while also maintaining a relevant and fresh product offering. Based in London this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Pentland's overall direct-to consumer (D2C) growth strategy during these dynamic times. If you're passionate about merchandising and ready to make an impact in thriving digital environment, we invite you to be a part of our team!

What you’ll be doing:

• Regular reporting on sales, margin, stock cover, category performance, sku productivity and best sellers vs. slow movers

• Accountable for providing accurate reports for on hand stock, inbound stock and forecasting seasonal closing stock

• Support the Marketplace team to plan the seasonal product selection and associated inventory levels in line with budgets

• Own & Manage Open to Buy

• Place seasonal Buys within critical path timelines

• Work with D2C team to move stock across pools to ensure we remain agile with stock ownership

• Managing ‘out of stocks’ online, identifying replacements and maximising use of free stock opportunities to ensure targets are achieved

• Identify inventory clearance opportunities & identify future stock risks based on performance.

• Test and learn from introducing new product categories

• Responsible for attending project meetings for future marketplaces and being close to what is needed to integrate a new marketplace successfully.

• Drive cross-functional process improvements with the wider planning team to ensure greater alignment and clarity on the stock, sales, and inventory position across all digital channels

• Support Customer Operations and Warehouse teams with queries related to marketplace shipping and returns processing

• Support and drive a data-led team culture, working with cross functional stakeholders to improve standardized reporting and ways of working relating to data
  

What you’ll bring:

• Ability to interpret and analyse sales data, trends, and market research to make informed decisions.

• An understanding of budgets, profit margins, and financial implications of merchandising decisions.

• The ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with various teams, including marketing, sales, and product development.

• Effective time management skills, and the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines

• Good knowledge of excel and ability to perform lookup’s and create pivot tables is essential

• Knowledge of SAP and power BI knowledge is beneficial

Why Pentland Brands?

Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.

We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.

Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.

You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page .

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.