Remote Replenishment Planner: Size & Inventory Optimizer

Carhartt, Inc.; Dearborn, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Replenishment Planner is accountable for optimizing inventory investments by developing replenishment strategies at size-level to maximize sales and improve in-stock performance. This role uses historical sales, demand, forecasts, and size patterns to ensure products are available in the right sizes and quantities throughout the lifecycle.

You will partner with Merchandising, Sales, Merch Planning, Supply Planning, and Analytics to continuously improve replenishment strategies and size-curve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in a demand planning or forecasting field; wholesale demand planning preferred.
• Strong analytical thinking with aptitude for forecasting methodology.
• Flexible team player who can prioritize and manage multiple projects.
• Proactive critical-thinking approach to problem-solving.
• Excellent written and oral communication with all levels of the business.
• Outstanding organizational skills and curiosity for problem-solving.
• Ability to adapt to evolving planning processes.
• Sense of urgency to drive change and improvements.
• MS Office Suite and planning tools proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop and cultivate Planner/Sales partnerships to understand future demand expectations.
• Develop and manage replenishment plans that optimize inventory productivity while supporting sales, service, and financial objectives.
• Monitor inventory levels, weeks of supply, sell-through, and in-stock performance.
• Determine replenishment quantities based on demand, inventory targets, lead times, and supply constraints.
• Recommend replenishment strategies for the Distributors business by style/color/size.
• Identify inventory risks and opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
• Recommend adjustments to improve size availability and reduce stock imbalances and work with supply planning partners to mitigate.
• Monitor size-level inventory performance throughout the season.
• Evaluate new product size performance and refine future size curves.
• Create new processes that lead to efficiencies in identifying and mitigating size gaps.
• Lead change to enhance and develop more efficient/effective best practices and processes that support our targets/goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to resolve opportunities and proactively identify roadblocks.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Self-motivation

Forecasting methods

Team player

Critical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Adaptability

Urgency

MS Office

Planning tools

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Planning tools

ERP systems

Job description

The Replenishment Planner is accountable for optimizing inventory investments by developing replenishment strategies at size-level to maximize sales and improve in-stock performance. This role uses historical sales, demand, forecasts, and size patterns to ensure products are available in the right sizes and quantities throughout the lifecycle.

You will partner with Merchandising, Sales, Merch Planning, Supply Planning, and Analytics to continuously improve replenishment strategies and size-curve