Senior Planner, Wholesale & DTC

Purple Brand; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health & dental benefits

Flex spending account

3 weeks vacation

Generous employee discount program

Casual dress policy

Company-wide socials and events

Job summary

PURPLE, a fashion brand redefining denim culture, seeks a strategic planner to own financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC. You’ll build the planning function, partner with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership, and translate targets into actionable merchandise plans.

Reporting to the CEO, you’ll manage 12-month forecasts, seasonal OTB, and risk mitigation, leveraging Excel, NetSuite, Shopify, SkyPad, and Power BI to optimize inventory deployment and

Qualifications

• 7+ years in merchandise or financial planning at a fashion or apparel brand.
• Fluent in retail math, forecasting, OTB, WOS, and turn.
• Advanced Excel; hands-on with NetSuite, Shopify, SkyPad, and Power BI.

Responsibilities

• The 12-month sales, margin, and inventory plan - top-down targets reconciled against bottom-up forecasts, with monthly and weekly reforecasts against trend
• Seasonal OTB across both channels, managing WOS, turn, ATS, and receipt flow against investment targets
• Seasonal planning with Merchandising - investment levels, assortment architecture, SKU depth and breadth - plus post-season hindsight on sell-through, margin, and forecast accuracy
• Translating demand signals and in-season performance from Wholesale and DTC leaders into inventory plans, allocation, and replenishment
• Early calls on inventory risk - excess, aged, shortages, sell-off - and the actions that resolve them
• Variance analysis and gross margin adjustments (transfers, RTVs, shrink, promotions, discounts), with clear risks, opportunities, and recommendations to leadership

Skills

Retail math

Forecasting

OTB

WOS

Turn

Excel

Tools

NetSuite

Shopify

SkyPad

Power BI

Job description

Since our inception in 2017, PURPLE has been on a mission to redefine denim culture. Blending industrial design, streetwear, and luxury fashion, we've curated a collection of men's denim and luxury basics that transcend trends. At PURPLE, we take pride in challenging conventions through design that is grounded in a contemporary spirit and timeless quality.

We are a team of creative, collaborative, and highly dynamic people who love what we do, and we strongly believe that our diverse team of motivated individuals makes our company strong and successful.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll own financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC, turning company targets into merchandise plans and driving how inventory gets deployed across the business. This is a build role: you'll establish the planning function and partner daily with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership.

Responsibilities

• The 12-month sales, margin, and inventory plan - top-down targets reconciled against bottom-up forecasts, with monthly and weekly reforecasts against trend
• Seasonal OTB across both channels, managing WOS, turn, ATS, and receipt flow against investment targets
• Seasonal planning with Merchandising - investment levels, assortment architecture, SKU depth and breadth - plus post-season hindsight on sell-through, margin, and forecast accuracy
• Translating demand signals and in-season performance from Wholesale and DTC leaders into inventory plans, allocation, and replenishment
• Early calls on inventory risk - excess, aged, shortages, sell-off - and the actions that resolve them
• Variance analysis and gross margin adjustments (transfers, RTVs, shrink, promotions, discounts), with clear risks, opportunities, and recommendations to leadership

Skills and Qualifications

• 7+ years in merchandise or financial planning at a fashion or apparel brand, with both wholesale and DTC exposure
• Fluent in retail math, forecasting, OTB, WOS, and turn
• Advanced Excel; hands-on with NetSuite, Shopify, SkyPad, and Power BI
• Turns analysis into a recommendation someone can act on
• Comfortable building process from scratch and moving between the plan on a page and the SKU underneath it

Benefits

• Extendedhealth&dentalBenefits
• Aflexspendingaccount
• 3weeks'vacation
• Generousemployeediscountprogram
• Casualdresspolicy
• Company-widesocialsandevents

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. We are an equal opportunity employer; all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications and business needs.