Demand Planner & Inventory Analyst

Demand Planner & Inventory Analyst

Location: Chatsworth, CA — In Office

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $85,000–$105,000

About JLUXLABEL

JLUXLABEL is a fast-growing women's fashion brand that designs and develops its products in-house. We are seeking a highly analytical Demand Planner & Inventory Analyst to manage demand forecasting, replenishment, reorders, and inventory planning across our SKU assortment. This role will analyze product performance, determine reorder quantities and timing, manage purchase orders, and help maintain healthy inventory levels that support sales while minimizing overstock. The ideal candidate has experience in demand planning, inventory planning, replenishment, supply planning, or inventory analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Use Sage Demand Planning or similar demand planning software as the primary planning platform, working with data integrated from Shopify and NetSuite.
• Monitor SKU-level sales velocity, inventory levels, weeks of supply, sell-through, historical performance, seasonality, and demand trends.
• Identify strong-selling products that require replenishment and determine appropriate reorder quantities and timing.
• Identify slow-moving and declining products and prevent unnecessary reorders that could create excess inventory.
• Create, enter, maintain, and track purchase orders and ensure approved reorders are placed accurately and on time with vendors.
• Work with vendors and internal teams to monitor production timing, lead times, expected delivery dates, and purchase order status.
• Review inventory risks including potential stockouts, excess inventory, aged inventory, and imbalanced stock positions.
• Maintain forecasting assumptions, reorder parameters, lead times, and other planning inputs within Sage Demand Planning.
• Partner with Operations, Merchandising/Product, Finance, E-commerce, and leadership to align inventory decisions with sales trends and business priorities.
• Provide regular reporting and recommendations on inventory health, replenishment opportunities, stock risks, and underperforming SKUs.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in demand planning, inventory planning, replenishment planning, supply planning,allocation, or a closely related analytical inventory role.
• Strong understanding of forecasting, sales velocity, sell-through, weeks of supply, inventory turns, lead times, safety stock, stockouts, and excess inventory.
• Experience creating and managing purchase orders and coordinating with vendors or production partners.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence making SKU-level recommendations based on data.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Experience with ERP, inventory, or demand-planning systems; Sage Demand Planning experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with NetSuite and/or Shopify is a strong asset.
• Experience in fashion, apparel, e-commerce, or a high-SKU consumer product environment is preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple purchase orders and deadlines simultaneously.

How Success Will Be Measured

• Improved in-stock availability on high-performing products.
• Fewer missed reorder opportunities and preventable stockouts.
• Reduced over-ordering and excess inventory on slow-moving products.
• Accurate and timely purchase order execution.
• Improved forecast accuracy and inventory visibility.
• Healthy inventory levels that support sales while protecting working capital.

Ideal Background

Candidates may come from demand planning, inventory planning, replenishment, supply chain, merchandise planning, or inventory analytics backgrounds. Applicants whose experience is primarily traditional brick-and-mortar fashion buying should clearly demonstrate hands-on forecasting, replenishment, SKU analysis, and inventory-planning experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising, Business, Finance, Retail Management, or a related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in fashion buying, merchandise planning, inventory planning, or a related function.
• Experience within women’s apparel, ecommerce, or a fast-paced direct-to-consumer fashion brand strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build assortments and make purchasing or inventory recommendations using both product judgment and quantitative analysis.
• Strong understanding of retail math, including sell-through, gross margin, inventory turnover, weeks of supply, stock-to-sales ratios, markdowns, and open-to-buy planning.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis.
• Experience using Shopify and inventory, ERP, business-intelligence, or merchandise-planning systems preferred.
• Strong understanding of fashion trends, consumer behavior, product lifecycles, and seasonal demand.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple collections, deadlines, and changing priorities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain data and recommendations clearly.
• Highly collaborative, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.

What Success Looks Like

• Assortments reflect JLUXLABEL’s brand identity while meeting customer demand and financial goals.
• Buying decisions are supported by reliable forecasts, historical performance, and clear product strategy.
• Best sellers are identified and acted upon quickly.
• Inventory risks are identified early and addressed through timely recommendations.
• Cross-functional teams have clear visibility into assortment priorities, product performance, and inventory needs.
• Sales, margin, sell-through, and inventory-turn performance improve through disciplined merchandise planning.
• Repeatable buying, forecasting, and reporting processes are successfully established for JLUXLABEL.

Additional Information

This position is based at JLUXLABEL’s headquarters in Chatsworth, California, and requires regular in-office collaboration with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities may evolve as the company’s merchandising and inventory-planning functions continue to develop.

JLUXLABEL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and consider qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.

What We Offer

• Medical and dental benefits
• 401(k) plan with company Safe Harbor matching
• Paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays
• Quarterly Friends & Family Day
• Employee apparel stipend and merchandise discount
• Professional development and learning opportunities
• Catered meals, company events, and team outings
• A collaborative, creative environment within a growing fashion brand

Physical and Work Requirements

This is a full-time, on-site position based at JLUXLABEL’s headquarters in Chatsworth, California. The Email & SMS Marketing Manager is expected to work on-site five days per week and regularly use a computer and standard office equipment to perform the essential functions of the role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

JLUXLABEL is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals throughout the application and employment process.