Strategic Inventory Planner

The Vitamin Shoppe; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vitamin Shoppe is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to own inventory planning for assigned categories and brands across stores and channels. You will drive in-stocks, healthy inventory, and margin by managing replenishment, forecasting, and open-to-buy (OTB).

Collaborate with Merchandising, Private Brand, and Commercialization to execute launches and promotions. You will turn data into actionable insights, communicate with vendors and leadership, and help evolve into a Planner role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Math, Supply Chain or related discipline or equivalent combination of instruction and work experience.
• 3–5 years of inventory planning, replenishment, or merchandise planning experience in retail or e-commerce.
• Working knowledge of OTB, forecasting, and inventory KPIs (in-stock, WOS, turns, OTIF).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with RELEX or a similar planning system strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own replenishment for assigned categories and brands; review and release orders and allocations daily.
• Build and adjust forecasts based on sales trends, promotions, newness, and channel performance.
• Manage monthly OTB including receipt plans, in-season shifts, and weekly OTB vs. forecast tracking.
• Monitor in-stocks, weeks of supply, turns, and aging inventory; build action plans with Merchandising partners for overstocked, underperforming, and discontinued items.
• Plan inventory for new item launches, category refreshes, and promo events; ensure accurate new item setup in RELEX and maintain newness trackers and buy sheets.
• Own key recurring reports, including OTB files, store in-stock reports, ladder plans, and promo performance reports.
• Represent Planning in vendor, commercialization, and internal meetings with updates on inventory, orders, and timelines.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory planning

Replenishment

Open-to-Buy

OTIF

WOS

Vendor coordination

Data analysis

Excel

RELEX

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Math, Supply Chain or related discipline

Tools

RELEX

Excel

Job description

The Vitamin Shoppe is seeking an Associate Merchandise Planner to own inventory planning for assigned categories and brands across stores and channels. You will drive in-stocks, healthy inventory, and margin by managing replenishment, forecasting, and open-to-buy (OTB).

Collaborate with Merchandising, Private Brand, and Commercialization to execute launches and promotions. You will turn data into actionable insights, communicate with vendors and leadership, and help evolve into a Planner role.