Product Manager, Merch Planning Tech - Inventory

Vuori, Inc; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 176,000; 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 Product Manager to own the day-to-day requirements, delivery, and adoption of merchandise planning and allocation capabilities, spanning pre-season and in-season planning. You will bridge planners, merchandisers, and technical teams to ensure alignment and success.

You’ll lead requirements, roadmaps, and recurring syncs with delivery partners, while managing Open-to-Buy projects and ensuring data-quality in collaboration with Data Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience preferred.
• 4+ years in product management, business analysis, or systems implementation supporting retail merchandise planning and/or allocation.
• Hands-on experience with a planning platform (e.g., Anaplan) or allocation system.
• Experience with Impact Analytics, InventorySmart, or a comparable allocation platform is a plus.
• Strong requirements-writing and documentation skills, with experience translating business needs for technical audiences.
• Experience managing delivery with external implementation partners or vendors.
• Working knowledge of retail merchandise planning concepts (OTB, top-down/bottom-up planning, assortment) and allocation fundamentals.
• Comfortable with data — able to scope data requirements and have informed conversations with Data Engineering. SQL a plus.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills; able to earn trust with both planners and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate planner and merchandising feedback into clear, documented requirements and a prioritized backlog for technical and delivery teams; own functional specs for planning and allocation features.
• Partner with the Director to shape the product roadmap and represent the planner and allocator point of view in prioritization discussions.
• Run recurring syncs with implementation and delivery partners, tracking progress and driving design decisions to closure.
• Own day-to-day administration of the planning platform (workspace access, SSO, model builder coordination) and the allocation system feed.
• Resolve data-availability and data-scoping questions in partnership with Data Engineering.
• Lead the recurring cadence that keeps planning, allocation, technology, and delivery partners aligned on refresh cycles and reporting changes.
• Facilitate working sessions with planners and allocators to review outputs, gather feedback, and identify gaps.
• Own the Open-to-Buy (OTB) project plan and lead OTB review sessions, maintaining documentation of planning and allocation methodology.

Skills

Requirements writing

Cross-functional communication

Retail merchandise planning

Anaplan experience

SQL

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Anaplan

Impact Analytics

InventorySmart

Job description

Vuori, Inc. is seeking a Product Manager to own the day-to-day requirements, delivery, and adoption of merchandise planning and allocation capabilities, spanning pre-season and in-season planning. You will bridge planners, merchandisers, and technical teams to ensure alignment and success.

You’ll lead requirements, roadmaps, and recurring syncs with delivery partners, while managing Open-to-Buy projects and ensuring data-quality in collaboration with Data Engineering.