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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

• Manage merchandise planning for multiple product categories and contribute to category results • Navigate the unique complexities of fine jewelry inventory, including diamond and gemstone assortment management • Lead strategic inventory planning for new showroom launches and business initiatives • Establish inventory parameters including weeks of supply, safety stock, and reorder points • Identify opportunities to improve inventory productivity and reduce excess while maintaining service levels • Participate in and facilitate cross-functional meetings to review inventory positions and align on action plans • Drive the weekly forecasting process to determine appropriate inventory levels across channels • Support the OTB process: translate financial plans into actionable buying strategies through monthly OTB framework and collaborate on category Open-To-Buy alignment across teams • Collaborate with the merchandising team to develop and maintain comprehensive sales forecasts, strategic inventory plans, dynamic scenario models, and data-driven buying recommendations to optimize product assortment and maximize profitability • Develop scenario planning models to evaluate potential business impacts and contingencies • Design comprehensive analytics frameworks and models to evaluate business performance metrics • Ensure accuracy of analysis, reporting, insights, forecasts, and achievement of inventory plans/goals • Perform complex statistical analysis to support Planning and Merchandising teams

🎯 Requirements

• BA degree or equivalent, preferred • 5+ years’ experience in quantitative analysis, inventory planning and/or forecasting; in a retail, product or e-commerce company • Experience with attribute-based or commodity inventory planning (e.g. precious metals, gemstones or other specification-driven categories) is a strong plus • Experience in allocation or store planning is a plus • Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, pivot tables, financial modeling, and efficient management of large datasets for inventory and sales analysis • Experience with Planning and Reporting software; experience with Domo, NetSuite, or similar, a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Career Growth. • Diverse, mission-minded team. • Lifestyle Spending Account. • Continued Education. • Employee Discounts. • Mental Wellness Perks. • Giving Back and Volunteer Opportunities. • Medical, Dental, and Vision. • 401k match. • Paid Time Off. • Parental Leave. • Disability and Life insurance. • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits.