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Quince

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Quince is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce retailer offering affordable luxury essentials across apparel, home goods, bedding, beauty, and accessories. The company emphasizes high-quality materials (cashmere, European linen, leather, silk), a factory-direct model to keep prices low, sustainable practices, and long return policies. Quince sells men's and women's clothing, baby and kids items, furniture and home decor, and lifestyle products through an online storefront with focus on honest pricing and value.

📋 Description

• Lead all inventory planning and forecasting functions for a designated business portfolio • Own forecasting and replenishment to optimize inventory turns, in-stock performance, and return on investment • Forecast items at the style-color-size level by week and achieve inventory KPIs • Partner with internal sourcing teams and external vendors to maximize product availability • Develop and implement integrated, intelligent, and automated forecasting solutions with the technology team • Conduct analytics and root-cause analysis to identify KPI improvement opportunities • Model vendor relationships, terms, and risk profiles with sourcing • Build short-, mid-, and long-range inventory and replenishment plans aligned with business strategy • Present forecasts, strategies, and performance updates weekly to executives • Manage and mentor one or more team members as the function scales • Shape future planning processes and architect scalable planning solutions and capabilities • Report directly to the VP of Inventory Planning

🎯 Requirements

• Senior Manager level or above; Director-level preferred • Minimum 10 years of experience in inventory planning, merchandising, or related analytics/technology roles • Bachelor’s degree required • Strong analytical skills • Proficiency in advanced Excel statistical functions • Fluency with Google Suite • Comfort working with large data sets • Experience prototyping inventory optimization techniques and converting insights into scalable technology • Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to maximize opportunities and minimize risks • Strong commitment to continuous improvement and operational excellence • Proven ability to find, organize, and use data to draw actionable conclusions with minimal assumptions • Comfort working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment • Insatiable curiosity and desire to uncover insights that drive results • Willingness to form and share informed points of view with peers and executives • Ability to pivot quickly and thrive in a dynamic, startup-like environment • Commitment to building scalable processes and industry-leading technology • Exceptional presentation and communication skills • Strong understanding of how forecasting impacts company priorities, objectives, and financial performance • Bias toward leveraging technology for operational improvement • Successful completion of a background check

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities • Equal employment opportunities and protection from discrimination and harassment • Background check conducted in compliance with applicable laws