VP, Merchandise Planning, Allocation, Inventory Management

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📋 Description

• Define and develop Merchandise Planning's north star, standards, operating cadence, and expectations • Take the forecasting/allocation platform from migrated to trusted • Execute scalable organizational design for Planning, Inventory Management, and Allocation in a $1B+ business • Fill open roles, set reporting lines, and communicate organizational changes • Build and drive the planning point of view for warehouse network expansion and inventory deployment • Own inventory strategy, including drop-ship versus owned inventory, investment levels, and SKU decisions • Own inventory health end to end, including in-stock rate, weeks of supply, aged inventory, and working capital efficiency • Lead the organization's response when network in-stock performance declines • Develop leaders into stronger, more autonomous operators • Establish Planning as an equal strategic partner to Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Data & Finance in MBRs, S&OP, OTB, and other cross-functional forums • Report to the CFO/COO and work alongside senior leaders across Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Data/Finance

🎯 Requirements

• Proven executive leadership of a merchandise planning, inventory management, and allocation function at a wholesale retail business across hundreds of vendors, ideally $500M to $2B+, through double-digit growth • Strong people management and high-performance team-building experience • Experience setting strategic vision and operating standards for a planning organization • Demonstrated speed and conviction in high-stakes organizational, staffing, and systems investment decisions • Experience building the planning point of view behind allocation during distribution network expansion • Experience with inventory deployment and drop-ship strategy across fulfillment nodes • Direct experience owning a demand planning or allocation platform implementation through full adoption • History of designing and scaling planning organizations, roles, levels, and career paths • Experience partnering strategically with Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Data/Finance leaders • Fluency in inventory KPIs, including in-stock rate, weeks of supply, weeks on hand, aged inventory, and working capital efficiency • Experience owning operations between planning and supply chain, vendor onboarding, vendor performance analytics, or drop-ship EDI is a plus • Natural use of AI in work and curiosity about emerging AI capabilities

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary • Meaningful equity • Bonus target • Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance • Retirement savings plan with company matching • Flexible spending accounts • Generous paid parental leave and PTO • Winter Wonder Week: the whole company takes a paid week off at the end of the year • Remote work stipend to set up your office • Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning • Competitive pay • Career advancement opportunities • Leading tools like Claude and ChatGPT from day one • Company-wide team gatherings twice a year

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