Head of Forecasting & Allocation Technology

Vuori, Inc.; Carlsbad (CA); Hybrid; USD 181,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Savings and Retirement Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Wellness & Fitness benefits

Job summary

Vuori, Inc. is seeking a Director of Planning & Allocation Technology to own the strategy and roadmap for merchandise planning and allocation.

You will lead a small team of Product Managers and Analysts, collaborating with Data Science to productionize forecasting and drive adoption of forecasts across planning teams. You will partner with Merchandising and Planning leadership to shape how the planning work is done, ensure explainability, and stay ahead with AI/forecasting tech in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, analytics, or planning technology.
• 2+ years mentoring product managers or analysts.
• Shipped a machine learning or advanced analytics capability into a business user's workflow.
• Forecasting fluency: WMAPE, bias, forecast value add.
• Strong merchandising planning and allocation experience.
• Agile experience with Jira, sprints, and offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for merchandise planning and allocation.
• Partner with Data Science to develop and productionize forecasting models.
• Drive adoption of system-generated forecasts and measure forecast accuracy.
• Collaborate to evolve the planning and allocation operating model around human-in-the-loop decisions.
• Define data foundations for planning intelligence and work with data engineering on pipelines.

Skills

Product management

Analytics

Team leadership

Forecasting

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Anaplan

o9

RELEX

Blue Yonder

Board

SQL

Job description

Vuori, Inc. is seeking a Director of Planning & Allocation Technology to own the strategy and roadmap for merchandise planning and allocation.

You will lead a small team of Product Managers and Analysts, collaborating with Data Science to productionize forecasting and drive adoption of forecasts across planning teams. You will partner with Merchandising and Planning leadership to shape how the planning work is done, ensure explainability, and stay ahead with AI/forecasting tech in a fast-paced