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VP, Merchandise Planning, Allocation & Inventory Management

South Dakota: eligible, according to the employer's posting.
Who can apply: Open to applicants in all US states, per the employer.
Location as listed by the employer: “United States; Remote”
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About this role

Babylist is hiring for a VP, Merchandise Planning, Allocation & Inventory Management role. See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Proven executive leadership of a merchandise planning, inventory management, and allocation function at a wholesale retail business across hundreds of vendors, ideally $500M to $2B+, through double-digit growth
  • A strong people manager with a track record of building a high-performance team culture: setting clear expectations, coaching direct reports toward promotion-ready capability, and building bench strength as the team sca…
  • A track record of setting strategic vision and operating standards for a planning organization: defining what "great" looks like, not just executing against someone else's model.
  • Demonstrated speed and conviction in high-stakes decisions (org design, staffing, systems investments) and the discipline to hold those decisions through execution
  • Experience building the planning point of view behind allocation as we expand the distribution network, the inventory deployment and drop-ship strategy that comes with adding fulfillment nodes.
  • Direct experience owning a demand planning or allocation platform implementation (e.g., Intuendi, Blue Yonder, o9, ToolsGroup, Impact Analytics) through to full adoption, closing the gap between "live" and "trusted and…
  • A history of designing and scaling planning organizations, roles, levels, and career paths, for a rapidly growing and evolving business.
  • Comfort operating as an equal, vocal strategic partner to Merchandising, Supply Chain, and Data/Finance leaders.

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.