General Manager-Demand Planning & Inventory Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Own demand forecasting at SKU, style, category, size, channel and location level.
• Drive demand planning using historical sales, seasonality, promotions, new product launches and market inputs.
• Establish and lead the monthly S&OP / IBP process across Sales, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing and Operations.
• Develop inventory plans covering safety stock, reorder points, min/max levels and Weeks of Cover.
• Drive replenishment and allocation across D2C, marketplaces and retail stores.
• Monitor stock availability, stock-outs, sell-through, inventory turns, WOC and lost sales.
• Own inventory ageing, excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory reduction.
• Partner with Merchandising and Marketing on liquidation, markdown and inventory clearance strategies.
• Drive new product launch planning including initial quantities, size curves, ramp-up and replenishment.
• Build dashboards and analytics for forecast accuracy, forecast bias, stock availability, inventory ageing, fill rate, inventory turns and demand-supply gaps.
• Identify planning risks and take corrective actions to improve availability while optimizing working capital.
• Lead and develop the Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Replenishment/Allocation and Planning Analytics teams.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• 1216 years of overall experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Strong experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning and Supply Chain Planning.
• Preferably from D2C, Fashion, Apparel, E-commerce, Omnichannel Retail, Lifestyle or Consumer businesses.