Strategic Inventory Lead, Retrieval Operations

Datavant; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Director, Retrieval Operations – Inventory Strategy to translate client demand into actionable weekly and daily plans across retrieval channels. You will build a data-driven inventory planning discipline and partner with Operations, Workforce Management, Call Center, Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Finance to optimize yield, service levels, and cost.

This role requires 8+ years in operations and inventory planning, with leadership experience and strong analytical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, supply chain, analytics, finance, healthcare administration or equivalent.
• Eight or more years of progressive experience in operations, inventory planning, demand forecasting, capacity planning or workforce planning, including at least three years leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the inventory strategy and planning framework for Payer Retrieval, translating client demand into weekly and daily plans.
• Establish forecasting, segmentation, and prioritization strategies based on commitments, pacing, and costs.
• Define routing rules for inventory across channels to balance capacity, yield, and cost.
• Monitor performance, identify risks, and lead recovery plans for overdue or aging inventory.
• Provide data-driven recommendations through scenario planning for demand and capacity changes.
• Collaborate with Workforce Management to align staffing with production plans.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Inventory Strategy team and partner with senior leadership.

Skills

Inventory planning

Forecasting

Capacity planning

Workforce planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, supply chain, analytics, finance, healthcare administration

Tools

SQL

Excel

Data visualization

Job description

Datavant is seeking a Director, Retrieval Operations – Inventory Strategy to translate client demand into actionable weekly and daily plans across retrieval channels. You will build a data-driven inventory planning discipline and partner with Operations, Workforce Management, Call Center, Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Finance to optimize yield, service levels, and cost.

This role requires 8+ years in operations and inventory planning, with leadership experience and strong analytical