Senior Retail Planning Lead for Multi-Store Growth

Comfrt; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Company-covered health insurance

5% 401k match

Discounts on all Comfrt products

Fully remote environment

Job summary

Comfrt, a fast-growing DTC brand focused on mental wellness and comfort, is seeking a Senior Manager, Retail Planning to own merchandise planning for its store fleet. You will build sales, inventory, and receipt plans, allocate inventory across locations, and partner with finance, planning, and store teams to hit sales and margin targets in a high-growth environment.

This role is remote-friendly and focused on scalable, data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of retail merchandise planning, allocation, and/or buying experience.
• Deep command of open-to-buy, sell-through, weeks of supply, GMROI, turns, and markdown management.
• Advanced Excel and strong analytical skills; comfortable building plans from scratch.
• Experience with planning, inventory, or ERP systems (Fulfil, Flagship, or similar).
• Experience planning across ecommerce and retail; bridging the two is preferred.
• Apparel, Home, or DTC background is a plus.
• Fast-paced, high growth environment; hands-on, build-as-you-go approach.
• Strong partnership and communication across merchandising, finance, operations, and store teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and own store sales, inventory, and receipt plans by store, month, and category.
• Forecast and reforecast in season; adjust to trends and seasonality.
• Plan preseason and in-season buys and manage inventory through peak periods.
• Allocate product to stores by size profile and sell through.
• Own replenishment of core and never-out styles.
• Manage store-to-store transfers; balance fleet inventory.
• Plan markdowns and clearance to protect margin.
• Partner with DC and operations on inventory accuracy and flow.
• Translate ecommerce assortment to store-right assortments; localize where supported.
• Build and own reporting: sell-through, weeks of supply, turns, size selling.
• Deliver weekly/monthly business reporting; flag risks and opportunities.
• Bridge ecommerce inventory with buying, DC, ops, finance, and stores.
• Build repeatable planning processes and OTB discipline as fleet grows.
• Support store tiering model with appropriate assortments.
• Set store teams up with right product and depth to drive sales.

Skills

Retail planning concepts

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting

Tools

Fulfil

Flagship

Excel

Job description

Comfrt, a fast-growing DTC brand focused on mental wellness and comfort, is seeking a Senior Manager, Retail Planning to own merchandise planning for its store fleet. You will build sales, inventory, and receipt plans, allocate inventory across locations, and partner with finance, planning, and store teams to hit sales and margin targets in a high-growth environment.

This role is remote-friendly and focused on scalable, data-driven decision-making.