Strategic Inventory & Merch Planning Lead

Purple-Brand; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Professional development

Employee discount

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid family leave

Job summary

PURPLE, founded in 2017, blends denim, industrial design, streetwear, and luxury fashion to offer men’s denim and luxury basics. This on-site New York role reports to the CEO and owns financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC, turning targets into merchandise plans and driving deployment.

As a build role, you'll establish the planning function and partner daily with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership to ensure cohesive, data-driven inventory strategies across

Qualifications

• 7+ years in merchandise or financial planning at a fashion or apparel brand, with wholesale and DTC exposure.
• Fluent in retail math, forecasting, OTB, WOS, and turn.
• Experience building planning processes from scratch and aligning plans to SKU level.

Responsibilities

• The 12-month sales, margin, and inventory plan — top-down targets reconciled against bottom-up forecasts with monthly and weekly reforecasts.
• Seasonal OTB across channels, managing WOS, turn, ATS, and receipt flow against investment targets.
• Seasonal planning with Merchandising — investment levels, assortment architecture, SKU depth and breadth.
• Translate demand signals and in-season performance into inventory plans, allocation, and replenishment.
• Early calls on inventory risk — excess, aged, shortages, sell-off and corrective actions.
• Variance analysis and gross margin adjustments with clear risks, opportunities, and recommendations.

Skills

Forecasting

Merchandise planning

Retail math

Turns analysis

SKU planning

Analytical thinking

Tools

Excel

NetSuite

Shopify

SkyPad

Power BI

Job description

PURPLE, founded in 2017, blends denim, industrial design, streetwear, and luxury fashion to offer men’s denim and luxury basics. This on-site New York role reports to the CEO and owns financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC, turning targets into merchandise plans and driving deployment.

As a build role, you'll establish the planning function and partner daily with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership to ensure cohesive, data-driven inventory strategies across