Director, Screening Product Strategy
Exact Sciences
Senior Director, Inventory and Merchandise Planning
Wantable
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Milwaukee • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
OracleTableau
About the role
- Lead an integrated planning function that unites pre-season forecasting, in-season inventory management, and long-range financial planning.
- Own Wantable’s long-range merchandise and inventory planning strategy across all membership categories (Style, Active, Sleep & Body, Men’s).
- Drive an integrated approach to demand forecasting, inventory flow, and financial planning, linking top-line growth with operational efficiency.
- Partner with Data Science to evolve forecasting algorithms, allocation models, and member to-SKU matching logic to improve accuracy and agility.
- Build and maintain a robust planning infrastructure that ensures speed, scalability, and data integrity across teams.
- Oversee and optimize the company’s Open-to-Buy (OTB) process, balancing inventory investment, cash flow, and profitability.
- Build inventory productivity strategies that drive healthy stock levels, reduce liability, and improve working capital efficiency.
- Partner with Finance and Operations to translate business goals into actionable, measurable plans that support margin and inventory productivity targets.
- Drive a culture of accountability and data-based decision-making through transparent reporting and KPI ownership.
- Develop and refine allocation frameworks that balance stylist recommendations, member preferences, and inventory availability.
- Use dynamic inputs (keep rates, returns, and feedback loops) to adjust allocations and inventory flow mid-cycle.
- Lead the strategy for multi-wave membership shipments, ensuring optimized product flow across cohorts, categories, and timeframes.
- Partner with Product Development to plan and forecast for private brands, supporting Wantable’s strategic expansion into owned product.
- Translate seasonal assortments into financial and inventory plans that align with demand, margin, and flow targets.
- Build end-to-end planning processes that support new product launches, replenishment cycles, and end-of-life management for private brands.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure sourcing, development, and inventory timelines are aligned with membership demand.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of merchants, planners, allocators, and analysts.
- Foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and analytical rigor, empowering the team to deliver data-driven insights and actionable strategies.
- Define the future structure and capabilities of Wantable’s inventory planning and allocation function to support long-term growth.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in merchandise or inventory planning within retail or apparel, including leadership of planning functions for complex, high-SKU businesses and experience supporting or managing private brand or owned-product initiatives.
- Proven success driving OTB ownership, inventory productivity, and margin performance in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
- Deep expertise in retail math, financial planning, and inventory optimization.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Tableau, and enterprise planning systems (e.g., Anaplan, Oracle, NetSuite).
- Skilled in cross-functional leadership, building alignment among Merchandising, Product Development, Operations, and Finance.
- Experienced in planning for private brands or in-house product development.
- Strategic, analytical, and adaptable — able to zoom out to see the full business picture and zoom in to solve complex operational problems.
Benefits
- Be part of a dynamic, fast-growing company that has innovation and creativity embedded in its DNA.
- A chance to shape our customers’ journey and leave a lasting impact on their self-confidence, one order at a time.
- Join a collaborative environment where your ideas matter, your efforts are rewarded and you can see results in real time.
- Wantable team members enjoy free food, coffee, and drinks in our HQ's beautiful Wantable Cafe.
- We have a laid-back, casual environment in a state-of-the-art HQ in Walkers Point.
- We offer flexible schedules, paid parental leave (mothers AND fathers), and a private room for nursing mothers.
- Even more exciting: paid vacation and seven paid holidays per year, plus a 50% discount on all merchandise. You’ll be eligible for the discount on your first day.
- Important, but maybe less thrilling: we have ample parking, we offer medical (traditional and high deductible), dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 401K (both pre-tax and Roth options).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
merchandise planninginventory managementdemand forecastingfinancial planningallocation modelsOpen-to-Buy (OTB)inventory optimizationretail mathdata analysisproduct flow management
Soft skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkinganalytical skillsadaptabilitycoachingteam developmentaccountabilitycommunicationproblem-solving
