Associate Director, Merchandise Planning

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Brilliant Earth

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2005

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

👥 B2C

💰 $40M Debt Financing - Brilliant Earth on 2019-01

eCommerce • Retail • B2C

Brilliant Earth is a consumer-facing jewelry company and retailer that sells engagement rings, wedding rings, loose diamonds (natural and lab-grown), gemstones, and other fine jewelry. The company operates an e-commerce storefront with virtual appointments and also maintains physical showrooms across many U. S. locations. It emphasizes ethical sourcing, diamond transparency, repurposed gold, and offers customization tools such as "design your own" engagement rings, along with educational guides and promotions.

📋 Description

• Lead the Inventory Planning function and team, reporting to the Senior Director of Merchandising • Own sales and inventory forecasts across all categories and functions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, inventory-plan achievement, and KPI performance • Set inventory strategy for fine jewelry assortments, including diamond, gemstone, and precious metal commodities • Establish weeks of supply, safety stock, and reorder-point parameters to balance service levels and inventory productivity • Lead inventory planning for new showroom launches and growth initiatives using scenario modeling and statistical analysis • Own and evolve the open-to-buy alignment and consensus process with Merchandising and Finance • Contribute the inventory perspective to annual bookings, ASP, and margin budget setting and report against inventory KPIs • Create and drive the Inventory Planning roadmap, prioritizing projects and managing schedules through adoption • Partner with Technology on planning-system implementation and maintenance and lead adoption of demand-planning and reporting tools • Adapt planning tools and models to evolving enterprise systems, identify gaps, develop workarounds, and implement durable solutions • Use AI tools to automate recurring analysis and reporting and roll out AI-enabled planning workflows • Manage, coach, and develop the planning team through hiring, feedback, and clear objectives • Mentor Merchandising partners on forecasting and inventory principles and represent Planning to executive leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in merchandise planning, inventory planning, forecasting, or quantitative analysis within retail, product, or e-commerce, including demonstrated success leading and developing a team • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant certification a plus • Experience with attribute-based or commodity inventory planning is a strong plus • Expert Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, financial modeling, and large-dataset handling • Retail math proficiency • Hands-on experience with demand-planning software such as Blue Yonder, Logility, Demantra, o9, MI9, or similar • Experience with reporting/BI tools such as Domo, Tableau, or Power BI; NetSuite or comparable ERP experience a plus • Track record leading end-to-end system implementations and cross-functional programs • Experience with forecasting tools, report automation, and process redesign • Experience with AI-assisted tools such as Claude, Excel Copilot, BI-native AI features, or Snowflake Intelligence • Familiarity with prompt engineering and connecting AI tools to live data sources such as data warehouses or ERP is highly valued • Ability to operate in an evolving systems environment and turn workarounds into lasting processes • Expert written and verbal communication and ability to present clearly, directly, and concisely to teams and executives • Entrepreneurial, self-starter mindset; critical thinking and adaptability in a fast-paced environment • Commitment to respect and inclusion in the workplace • Interest in socially and environmentally responsible organizations and products

🏖️ Benefits

• Career growth through regular 1-1s, training opportunities, and an annual 360 review process • Lifestyle Spending Account with reimbursements for eligible wellness expenses, such as gym memberships, massage, counseling, and more • Company-sponsored learning in leadership, professional skills, diversity & inclusion, plus tuition reimbursement for role-specific trainings • Employee discount on jewelry • Mental health resources, self-care apps, seminars, and 24/7 Employee Assistance counseling • Giving back and volunteer opportunities • Medical, dental, and vision plans, including a $0 monthly premium employee health insurance option and employer HSA contributions • 401k match • Paid Time Off • Paid parental leave • 100% employer-paid disability and life insurance • Pre-tax commuter benefits