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About the Role
Reporting directly to the CEO, you will own financial and inventory planning across Wholesale and DTC, translating company targets into merchandise plans and driving inventory deployment. This is a build role where you will establish the planning function and partner daily with Finance, Merchandising, Sales, and channel leadership.
Responsibilities
- Develop the 12-month sales, margin, and inventory plan, reconciling top-down targets with bottom-up forecasts, including monthly and weekly reforecasts against trend.
- Manage seasonal OTB across both channels, overseeing WOS, turn, ATS, and receipt flow against investment targets.
- Collaborate with Merchandising on seasonal planning, including investment levels, assortment architecture, and SKU depth/breadth, and conduct post-season hindsight on sell-through, margin, and forecast accuracy.
- Translate demand signals and in-season performance from Wholesale and DTC leaders into inventory plans, allocations, and replenishment strategies.
- Provide early identification of inventory risks (excess, aged, shortages, sell-off) and propose resolutions.
- Perform variance analysis and gross margin adjustments (transfers, RTVs, shrink, promotions, discounts), presenting clear risks, opportunities, and recommendations to leadership.
Requirements
- 7+ years in merchandise or financial planning at a fashion or apparel brand with both wholesale and DTC exposure.
- Proficiency in retail math, forecasting, OTB, WOS, and turn.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite, Shopify, SkyPad, and Power BI.
- Ability to translate analysis into actionable recommendations.
- Comfortable building processes from scratch and managing details from high-level plans to individual SKUs.
Skills
- Merchandise planning
- Financial planning
- Wholesale planning
- DTC planning
- Retail math
- Forecasting
- OTB management
- WOS management
- Turn analysis
- Excel
- NetSuite
- Shopify
- SkyPad
- Power BI
- Analysis translation
- Process building
Location
- New York, NY
Work Type
- On-site
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (vacation and sick days)
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Employee discount
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid family leave
About the Company
- Since its inception in 2017, PURPLE has been redefining denim culture by blending industrial design, streetwear, and luxury fashion.
- The company curates a collection of men’s denim and luxury basics that transcend trends.
- PURPLE challenges conventions through design grounded in a contemporary spirit and timeless quality.
- The company fosters a team of creative, collaborative, and dynamic individuals who believe their diverse team makes the company strong and successful.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer; all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications and business needs.