Supply Planner Direct Import

Full time (38 uur per week)

Do you want to play a key role in ensuring the optimal replenishment of our stores and distribution centers across Europe? Do you combine a sharp analytical mindset with strong stakeholder management skills, and do you thrive in a commercial and dynamic environment? Then this is your chance to make an impact on one of Europe’s fastest-growing retailers.

Your daily actions

As a Supply Planner, you are responsible for the supply and inventory planning of your category. You ensure optimal stock levels in our DCs and hubs, aligned with service levels, budgets and agreements with suppliers. You manage forecasts, container planning, call-offs and resolve urgent supply chain issues.

In this role, you are the key link between supply chain, buying, commercial teams, logistics and suppliers. You navigate the organization with ease, understand different interests and know how to engage stakeholders effectively. You gain energy from commercial alignment and performance optimization.

Your focus areas:

• Actively collaborating with category buyers, demand planners, commercial teams and logistics to achieve joint sales, stock and availability targets.
• Leading structured supplier performance meetings on OTIF, upcoming bottlenecks and optimization opportunities: steering both the relationship and the results.
• Identifying bottlenecks and commercial opportunities and developing improvement plans at category and supplier level.
• Advising internal stakeholders based on data, analyses, scenarios and forecast developments to support better commercial decisions.
• Representing your category towards internal and external stakeholders, where your organizational sensitivity plays an important role.

This will be your team

You’ll join a close-knit and internationally oriented team of 9 Supply Planners. The team is a balanced mix of young professionals and experienced colleagues, ensuring a constant exchange of knowledge, energy and fresh ideas. Everyone is incredibly supportive and steps in for each other: especially during peak periods. Those moments show the true strength of the team: solving challenges together and moving forward as one.
A warm, engaged and professional team where hard work goes hand in hand with humor and strong team spirit.

This is you

You are an analytical and organizationally sensitive planner who enjoys collaboration, optimization and commercial interaction. With your structured way of working and strong stakeholder intuition, you know exactly who to get involved and when.

You bring:

• A bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, preferably in retail or trading.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, assertive attitude.
• Excellent Excel skills and a data-driven, analytical approach.
• The ability to work efficiently under time pressure and quickly understand complex situations.
• Strong command of the English language.
• Knowledge of replenishment systems (such as Slimstock or GOLD) is considered a plus.

What we offer

A lot more than you might expect! From our vibrant home base in the Netherlands, you contribute to our growing European footprint. We already have more than 3,300 stores across 14 countries—bringing smiles to millions of customers. And we are far from done. Our growth means opportunity: new roles, exciting innovation projects, new skills and unlimited professional development. All of this in a culture where our shared values truly come to life: customer focus, teamwork, simplicity, discipline, cost-consciousness and respect.

You can also count on:

• 24 vacation days, with the option to buy 5 extra days (based on a 38-hour workweek).
• A competitive salary based on a 38-hour workweek.
• The possibility to work from home up to 40%, in alignment with your team and manager.
• 15% staff discount on your purchases at Action.
• A solid pension plan, collective health insurance and travel reimbursement
• (Zwaagdijk-Oost is traffic-friendly and only a 30-minute drive from Amsterdam).

How we contribute to society

If you only know Action from our stores, you’ll be surprised by everything going on behind the scenes. We work hard to create a positive impact on society and the environment. For example, we sponsor over 2,000 children growing up in SOS Children’s Villages worldwide. Our teams reflect the diversity of our customers, with colleagues from 124 nationalities. Already 70% of our wood products and 86% of our cotton are sourced sustainably. And more than half of our stores run entirely on energy-efficient LED lighting.

Yes, this is Action too. Curious what else we’re working on? Join us and discover it yourself.

Interested?

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we warmly welcome all applicants who recognize themselves in this profile. So, take action and apply today!

What happens next?

1. A response to your application within 14 days (usually sooner)
2. First interview with the hiring manager and a colleague
3. Online assessment so we can get to know you even better
4. Second interview with a colleague and HR
5. Welcome to Action!

Throughout the entire process, your recruiter will be your go-to contact for all questions.