Nuuly Director of Inventory Planning and Exit Strategy

Nuuly; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Employee discounts

Retirement savings

Job summary

Nuuly is seeking a Director of Inventory Planning and Exit Strategy to lead the Inventory Planning team and own strategy, planning, and optimization of exit inventory across Rent channels and future channels.

This role collaborates with cross-functional partners including Merchandise Planning, Buying, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Analytics, and Reclectic leadership to drive scalable tools and decision frameworks for Nuuly's post-Rent lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in inventory planning, merchandise planning, financial planning, retail strategy, e-commerce, resale, or related discipline.
• Strong leadership experience developing teams and influencing senior cross-functional partners.
• Deep understanding of inventory planning, forecasting, sell-through, inventory aging, margin, markdowns, pricing, and productivity.
• Excellent financial acumen to evaluate inventory decisions on financial and operational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Inventory Planning team, establishing ownership, decision rights, and operating cadences.
• Own inventory and financial planning across exit channels with forecasts and targets.
• Determine optimal destination, timing, and sequencing of inventory across channels and partners.
• Develop routing strategies based on demand, aging, seasonality, and channel capacity.
• Own exit-channel pricing strategy and cadence to optimize sell-through and margins.
• Forecast capacity needs and build business cases for additional exit-channel capacity.
• Evaluate expansion options and partnerships to maximize value of inventory and capital.
• Maximize productivity of exit channels while scaling new channels and models.
• Partner with Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics to define scalable inventory decisions.

Skills

Inventory planning

Forecasting

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Pricing strategy

Tools

Analytics tools

Excel/SQL

Job description

Role Summary

Nuuly is looking for a Director of Inventory Planning and Exit Strategy. This role will lead Nuuly's Inventory Planning team and own the strategy, planning, and optimization of inventory once it has been identified to exit the Rent assortment. This leader will determine what inventory goes where, when, and why across Thrift, Marketplace, Reclectic, external resale partners, and future exit channels, with the goal of maximizing financial recovery, inventory productivity, and exit capacity.

This role combines inventory planning, financial strategy, pricing, channel optimization, business development, team leadership, and cross-functional partnership. The Director will work closely with Merchandise Planning, Buying, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Inventory Control, Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, and Reclectic leadership to build scalable strategies, tools, and decision frameworks for Nuuly's post-Rent inventory lifecycle.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and build the capabilities of the Inventory Planning team, establishing clear ownership, decision rights, performance expectations, and operating cadences.
• Own inventory and financial planning across Nuuly's exit channels, including annual, seasonal, monthly, and in-season forecasts and targets.
• Determine the optimal destination, timing, volume, and sequencing of inventory across Thrift, Marketplace, Reclectic, external resale partners, and future channels.
• Develop routing strategies based on demand, inventory age and depth, seasonality, sell-through, expected recovery, margin, pricing, operational requirements, and channel capacity.
• Own exit-channel pricing strategy, including initial pricing, markdown cadence, promotional pricing, and channel-specific pricing frameworks to optimize sell-through, recovery, margin, and inventory velocity.
• Forecast future exit-channel capacity needs and develop the inventory and financial business case for additional capacity, including Reclectic store expansion.
• Evaluate Reclectic expansion against Marketplace, Thrift, external partners, and other disposition strategies to determine the highest-value use of inventory and capital.
• Maximize the productivity and scalability of existing exit channels while proactively identifying, evaluating, testing, and scaling new channels, partnerships, and business models.
• Partner with Engineering, Buying, Data Science, and Analytics to define scalable inventory-routing, forecasting, pricing, and decision-support capabilities.
• Create a closed-loop feedback process so exit-channel performance informs future routing, pricing, forecasting, buying, and lifecycle decisions.
• Partner closely with Merchandise Planning, which will continue to own Rent demand, assortment planning, Rent inventory productivity, and the determination of when inventory should be designated obsolete.

Role Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in inventory planning, merchandise planning, financial planning, retail strategy, e-commerce, resale, or a related discipline.
• Significant leadership experience developing teams and influencing senior cross-functional partners.
• Deep understanding of inventory planning, forecasting, sell-through, inventory aging, margin, markdowns, pricing, and inventory productivity.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to evaluate inventory decisions based on both financial and operational outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to use complex data to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions, and make clear business recommendations.
• Experience evaluating or developing new channels, marketplaces, partnerships, or revenue opportunities strongly preferred.
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Buying, Data Science, and Analytics to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions.
• Strong understanding of e-commerce, marketplace, outlet, off-price, resale, or recommerce dynamics preferred.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and executive presentation skills.

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

URBN celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression), religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law. We believe strongly in fostering a safe, fair and respectful work environment. To ensure compliance with our non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies, we offer anti-harassment training to managers and employees.