Senior Specialist Supply Planning

Key Responsibilities

• Develop accurate forecasts and support promotional planning
• Develop sell-out and sell-in forecasts using historical sales, seasonality, promotions, launches, boutique trends, and business inputs
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Supply Chain to validate assumptions, align volume plans, and support promotional and launch execution
• Maintain inventory health to support boutique service levels, minimize out-of-stocks, reduce excess and obsolete inventory, and improve Weeks of Supply
• Manage inventory levels and product availability across the end-to-end process
• Monitor forecast performance, identify recurring variances, and refine planning assumptions to improve accuracy and reduce bias
• Optimize inventory levels and product availability across the end-to-end process
• Refine boutique assortment, product placement, and lifecycle performance
• Analyze SKU performance and recommend assortment, placement, discontinuation, or lifecycle actions to improve productivity and sell-through
• Support new boutique openings, renovations, seasonal programs, limited editions, and discontinued product planning
• Build and sustain effective CPFR processes and relationships
• Lead collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment processes with internal and external partners
• Serve as the planning point of contact for boutique-related forecast, replenishment, assortment, and inventory questions
• Drive AI-enabled planning, automation, and digital capability building
• Build, improve, and automate recurring planning activities, including forecast files, inventory exception reports, promotional recaps, assortment analysis, and leadership dashboards
• Use SQL for data queries and Python for automation, analytics, and process improvement
• Apply AI and AI agents to summarize data, flag risks, compare scenarios, support forecast validation, and accelerate insight generation
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve data inputs, standardize reporting logic, document tool requirements, and support adoption of scalable planning solutions

Experience & Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree required, in Business, Supply Chain Management, Merchandising, Analytics, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred, with a focus in Merchandise Planning, Retail Analytics, Supply Chain Strategy, or a related discipline.
• 3–5 years of experience in merchandise planning, inventory planning, demand planning, retail planning, supply chain planning, or a related role.
• APICS certification (CPIM or CSCP) strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with planning systems such as SAP APO, JDA, or similar platforms, as well as business intelligence tools including Power BI and Cognos.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with strong Excel modeling capabilities.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis, reporting, automation, and advanced analytics; exposure to AI and AI-enabled tools is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding of retail performance metrics, including sell-through, stock coverage, margin, and markdown optimization.