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This is a key commercial and analytical role at the intersection of planning, buying and operations, making sure we own the right stock, in the right quantities, in the right place, at the right time to support our rapid growth.\n\nYou will own the numbers behind our inventory: what we buy, when we buy it, where it is available, and how hard it works. As we scale across markets and channels, those decisions have a direct impact on availability, margin and cash flow.\nYour key responsibilities\n1. Demand Planning & Forecasting\n\nBuild and maintain data-driven demand forecasts across categories, markets and channels.\n\nTrack sales, stock levels and sell-through to anticipate reorders and spot trends early.\n\nSet and maintain safety stock, reorder points and lead-time parameters.\n\nDevelop the forecasting logic itself, improving accuracy, granularity and the assumptions behind it.\n\n2. Buying & Purchase Planning\n\nTranslate forecasts into purchase plans and place orders in close collaboration with Production.\n\nBalance order quantities against MOQs, lead times, production capacity and working capital.\n\nMaintain the buying calendar so reorders and new launches land on plan.\n\n3. Stock Allocation & Inventory Optimization\n\nMake sure stock is available in the right place at the right time, across markets and channels.\n\nOwn allocation to our stores and to wholesale, balancing commitments against available inventory and upcoming deliveries.\n\nPrioritize when stock is tight, and decide what goes where when demand and supply do not match the plan.\n\nMonitor and optimize inventory health: stock turn, weeks of cover, excess and aged stock, and stock-out risk on core articles.\n\nDrive actions on slow-moving and excess inventory together with the commercial team.\n\n4. Analysis & Reporting\n\nBuild and maintain spreadsheets, models and dashboards behind forecasting, allocation and performance tracking.\n\nReport on key KPIs such as sell-through, stock turn, inventory health, service level and margin.\n\nAnalyze category and assortment performance, and turn the findings into buying and assortment recommendations.\n\nAct as the internal data expert for planning, keeping decisions grounded in numbers and facts.\n\nYou will work closely with Production, Commercial, Logistics and Management, and contribute to the seasonal commercial plan with analysis and demand projections.\nWho you are\n5+ years' experience in demand planning, merchandise planning, buying or allocation, preferably in fashion, home or design.\n\nExcellent analytical skills and a great sense for numbers, you build the analysis yourself, not only read it.\n\nFlawless Excel/Google Sheets skills, complex formulas, pivots and data models.\n\nExperience with allocation and replenishment across channels such as retail, wholesale and e-commerce is a strong advantage.\n\nExperience with Madden Analytics is a huge plus\n\nStructured, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing many moving parts.\n\nCommercially minded, with a clear understanding of how stock decisions impact margin and cash flow.\n\nConfident making a recommendation under uncertainty, and comfortable being held to it.\n\nA collaborative communicator who enjoys working cross-functionally with creative and operational teams.\n\nFluent in English.\n\nNordic Knots\nNordic Knots was founded in 2016 by Liza Laserow, Fabian Berglund and Felix Berglund. We are a fast-growing direct-to-consumer Scandinavian interior design brand with the USA as the major market.\n\nNordic Knots was born from a culture of thoughtful design that lasts beyond seasons and trends. Fusing function and aesthetics with a Scandinavian sensibility, we craft timeless textiles for the modern home. We believe that great textiles are foundational and can transform a house into a harmonious home - framing the most beautifully curated lives.\n\nThe head office as well as the flagship store is located at Birger Jarlsgatan in central Stockholm. We have a constantly growing team in Sweden, Europe and the USA.\nWhat we offer\nWe are a driven team with high ambitions and an entrepreneurial, open-minded culture where new ideas and initiatives are encouraged. At Nordic Knots, everyone plays a meaningful role in contributing to our continued growth.\n\nWe value diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants who bring different perspectives, experiences and ideas to our team.\nLocation\nThis position is based at our head office on Birger Jarlsgatan in central Stockholm. 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