Director of Planning
$150,000–$180,000 year
Remote · United States
Job Summary
Director of Planning to own end-to-end inventory planning, purchasing, and sales planning including S&OP. Build bottom-up SKU/size forecasts, translate into channel sales plans, inventory buys, and operational strategies. Collaborate with Marketing, Design, Merchandising, Finance, Production, Sourcing, and Supply Chain to align demand with execution. Responsibilities cover demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, cross-functional leadership, DTC/channel optimization, analytics, and process improvements. Requires extensive experience in inventory planning, S&OP/IBP, apparel or size-intensive products, and strong analytical and leadership skills. Role is remote-first with salary $150k-$180k/year.
Required Qualifications
- 8-12+ years of inventory planning experience displaying career progression, leadership and profit optimization
- Foundation in bottoms up inventory management with both core and fashion styles managing lifecycle efficiencies across categories
- Experience with DTC or vertically designed products with end-to-end inventory planning ownership for apparel, intimates, or other size intensive consumer products preferred
- Strong understanding of apparel planning fundamentals including size curves, replenishment models, lifecycle planning, and inventory optimization
- Proven experience leading end-to-end S&OP or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes
- Experience balancing commercial demand with operational and supply chain constraints
- Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills; advanced proficiency in Excel and planning systems
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration capabilities
- Experience building scalable planning processes in high-growth environments preferred
- Pepper values: Curiosity, Resilience, Community
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