Senior Analyst
Cummins Inc.
ERP
Director of Planning and Allocation
OVME Aesthetics
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- The Director of Planning & Allocation is a strategic and highly-detailed leader responsible for driving OVME's financial strategy and ensuring sales, margin, gross profit, and inventory objectives are met
- Design and implement processes to support a high-growth company with evolving product and service offerings
- Develop, execute and lead the company’s Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process to align finance, marketing, operations and field with strategic revenue and gross margin goals
- Lead Open-to-Buy (OTB) management, including demand and supply planning, aligning buying strategies, inventory flow, and markdown optimization
- Provide actionable insights from multiple data sources to guide business decisions and respond to shifts in consumer demand and studio performance
- Oversee financial reviews and milestone meetings for planning, buying, margin, and inventory; provide consolidated company KPI analysis
- Monitor market trends and competitive activities to adapt strategies and maintain competitive edge
- Direct end-to-end inventory planning from pre-season financial planning to in‑season execution to optimize productivity and markdown strategies
- Oversee studio performance and inventory levels to drive sell-through rates and strategic promotions
- Evaluate ROI of new product and service opportunities and assess risks versus upside
- Oversee master data management and weekly publication of standard and ad hoc reporting
- Implement standardized reports for merchandise OTB, product and service category recaps, selling and hindsight documents
- Identify opportunities to streamline and standardize processes for merchandise planning and allocation
- Lead integration and adoption of advanced analytics and new technology solutions to improve forecasting and inventory management
- Maintain continuous improvement, efficiency, agility, and automation focus
- Build strong partnerships with corporate teams, studio teams, vendors and suppliers to execute strategic initiatives
- Drive continuous improvement by implementing tools, processes, and automation that enhance efficiency and speed to market
- Act as a thought leader in inventory planning and studio operations
- Hold weekly update calls with finance, marketing, operations and studio leaders to review studio performance
- Conduct regular meetings with corporate and studio teams to provide actionable insights that optimize inventory management
Requirements
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience and five years in a senior leadership role
- Extensive operational expertise in business planning and analysis: merchandise planning, inventory management, allocation, SKU planning, S&OP planning, budgeting, and demand planning
- Proven ability to partner with and inspire high-performing teams, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, and innovation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience leveraging AI, analytics tools, and forecasting models to drive decision-making
- Proficient in evaluation, implementation and adoption of POS and ERP systems (e.g. Zenoti and NetSuite)
- Expert computer skills: Power BI, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
