Strategic Inventory & Planning Lead

Jobless; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Amazing employee discount

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Life, disability insurance and paid p/

Job summary

PURPLE, a fashion-forward denim and luxury basics brand, seeks a senior planner to own financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC in our New York office. You will establish the planning function, partner with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership, and drive how inventory gets deployed to meet targets.

Reporting to the CEO, you will translate demand signals into actionable inventory plans, balance risk, and optimize margins.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in merchandise or financial planning at a fashion or apparel brand, with both wholesale and DTC exposure.
• Fluent in retail math, forecasting, OTB, WOS, and turn
• Advanced Excel; hands-on with NetSuite, Shopify, SkyPad, and Power BI
• Turns analysis into a recommendation someone can act on
• Comfortable building process from scratch and moving between the plan on a page and the SKU underneath it

Responsibilities

• The 12-month sales, margin, and inventory plan — top-down targets reconciled against bottom-up forecasts, with monthly and weekly reforecasts against trend
• Seasonal OTB across both channels, managing WOS, turn, ATS, and receipt flow against investment targets
• Seasonal planning with Merchandising — investment levels, assortment architecture, SKU depth and breadth — plus post-season hindsight on sell-through, margin, and forecast accuracy
• Translating demand signals and in-season performance from Wholesale and DTC leaders into inventory plans, allocation, and replenishment
• Early calls on inventory risk — excess, aged, shortages, sell-off — and the actions that resolve them
• Variance analysis and gross margin adjustments (transfers, RTVs, shrink, promotions, discounts), with clear risks, opportunities, and recommendations to leadership

Skills

Merchandise planning

Retail math

Forecasting

OTB

WOS

Turn

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

NetSuite

Shopify

SkyPad

Power BI

Job description

PURPLE, a fashion-forward denim and luxury basics brand, seeks a senior planner to own financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC in our New York office. You will establish the planning function, partner with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership, and drive how inventory gets deployed to meet targets.

Reporting to the CEO, you will translate demand signals into actionable inventory plans, balance risk, and optimize margins.