Head of Inventory & Demand Planning

Spring Footwear, Corp.; Pompano Beach (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Spring Footwear is building a centralized Inventory & Demand Planning function to drive how the company plans, buys, and manages inventory across wholesale, e‑commerce, marketplaces, and retail. You will design and implement forecasting, inventory flow, and planning processes in partnership with leadership.

Success comes from improving forecast accuracy, balancing inventory, and establishing a single source of truth for decisions across channels.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in demand or inventory planning or supply chain.
• Experience in footwear, apparel, or consumer goods preferred.
• Proven track record building or improving planning functions.
• Strong skills in forecasting, OTB, inventory flow, and channel strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead demand planning and forecasting framework across channels.
• Establish S&OP cadence and weekly inventory discipline.
• Build and manage OTB and inventory planning structure.
• Define and enforce channel allocation strategy and priorities.
• Improve inventory turns, availability, and margin performance.
• Build dashboards, KPIs, and reporting that drive decisions.
• Identify risks early and take action.
• Develop scalable processes, SOPs, and planning tools.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory planning

Channel strategy

Leadership

Excel

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

About the Role

Spring Footwear is entering its next phase of growth across wholesale, e-commerce (Shopify, Amazon, Walmart), marketplaces, and retail.

To support this, we are building a centralized Inventory & Demand Planning function to bring structure, discipline, and visibility across the business.

This role is not about maintaining reports.

This role is about building the system that drives how the company plans, buys, and manages inventory.

You will work directly with ownership and leadership to design and implement forecasting, inventory flow, and planning processes across all channels.

What You Will Own

• Design and lead the demand planning and forecasting framework across all channels


• Establish S&OP cadence and weekly inventory discipline


• Build and manage OTB and inventory planning structure


• Define and enforce channel allocation strategy and priorities


• Improve inventory turns, availability, and margin performance


• Partner with Merchandising, Sales, Retail, Marketplace, Operations, and Finance


• Build dashboards, KPIs, and reporting that drive decisions


• Identify risks early (stockouts, overstock, missed reorders) and take action


• Develop scalable processes, SOPs, and planning tools

What Success Looks Like

• Forecast accuracy improves


• Inventory becomes balanced (less excess, fewer stockouts)


• Best sellers are always in stock


• Aged inventory is actively managed


• Weekly decisions replace reactive firefighting


• One version of truth across the company

What We’re Looking For

• 8–12+ years in demand planning, inventory planning, or supply chain


• Experience in footwear, apparel, or consumer goods strongly preferred


• Proven experience building or improving a planning function


• Strong understanding of:
  
  
  • Forecasting
  
  
  • OTB
  
  
  • Inventory flow
  
  
  • Channel strategy
  
  


• Experience in omni-channel environments (DTC + wholesale + retail + marketplaces)


• Strong leadership presence - able to influence without authority


• Advanced Excel + ERP / BI systems

Team Structure

You will work closely with:

• Internal Inventory Planning Lead (execution + reporting)


• Cross-functional leaders across all channels

Why This Role Matters

This role sits at the center of the business.

And build the system that drives how decisions are made.