Assortment & Merchandising Director

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We are looking for an Assortment & Merchandising Director to join our Nordic Knots team in Stockholm. We are searching for someone with deep assortment strategy and range planning experience, sharp commercial instincts, and the operational rigour to run the product development process for a fast-growing multi-category home brand.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p><span><strong>The Role</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>As Assortment & Merchandising Director, you will be the senior commercial voice on what we offer, at what price and when. You sit at the intersection of assortment planning, merchandising, pricing and go-to-market, and you bring the rigour and judgement needed to translate an overarching vision and category idea into a clear, commercial, category-by-category range plan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>You will own the assortment planning process end-to-end - building the range plan, running range reviews, and bringing data-driven recommendations to the C-level assortment decisions. You will partner with the category Product Leads on range plans from a commercial lens, and with marketing and the commercial teams on launch execution. You will own the Go-To-Market plan day-to-day across the product portfolio.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p><span><strong>Your Responsibilities</strong></span></p><p><span>· <strong>Architect the assortment planning process:</strong> Drive the strategic framework for all existing and new categories, ensuring a cohesive and scalable product portfolio.</span></p><p><span>· <strong>Construct the option plan and budget splits:</strong> Translate the creative vision into a detailed commercial grid per category and season, grounded in deep market insight and financial targets.</span></p><p><span>· <strong>Lead the New Product Development (NPD) process:</strong> Lead the end-to-end development rhythm to ensure all milestones are met with clarity and on time, while fostering seamless cross-functional collaboration between creative, commercial, and technical teams.</span></p><p><span>· <strong>Engineer the pricing architecture:</strong> Define entry, core, and premium tiering across all categories, maintaining a sharp competitive position relative to the premium market.</span></p><p><span>· <strong>Translate high-level brand vision and commercial goals into structured product briefs:</strong> Act as the central filter to ensure design teams have the clarity and commercial guardrails needed to execute successfully.</span></p><p><span>· <strong>Execute rigorous range reviews and post-launch anal