Capability Lead Planning & Inventory Management
Core
Shape enterprise demand forecasting, inventory strategy, and flow execution across retail businesses to support sales growth and inventory health.
Role type
Senior individual contributor (Senior Manager equivalent) planning and inventory lead
Builds
Enterprise planning and inventory frameworks, demand sensing capabilities, and synchronized flow strategies
Domain
Retail, Supply Chain, Demand Planning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Enterprise demand forecasting, inventory management strategy, Integrated Business Planning (IBP), cross-functional influence, data-driven decision making, retail planning expertise, trend and market signal integration, flow enablement, analytics partnership
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Own enterprise-level inventory management and demand forecasting capabilities; Shape strategic direction of short- and long-term demand forecasts; Integrate guest behavior and market signals into demand and inventory plans; Lead enterprise inventory management capability across receipt planning and flow phasing; Act as integrator between demand forecasting, Merch Planning, and Inventory Management; Represent planning and inventory strategy in IBP forums; Partner with Data Science to evolve demand sensing and inventory optimization capabilities; Lead forecast accuracy and inventory health reviews
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC