Brilliant Earth

Director

• Lead the Inventory Planning function and team, reporting to the Senior Director of Merchandising
• Own sales and inventory forecasts across all categories and functions
• Set inventory strategy for fine jewelry assortments, including diamond, gemstone, and precious metal commodities
• Establish weeks of supply, safety stock, and reorder point parameters
• Lead inventory planning for new showroom launches and growth initiatives
• Direct scenario modeling and statistical analysis to pressure-test plans
• Own and evolve the open-to-buy alignment and consensus process with Merchandising and Finance
• Contribute to annual bookings, ASP, and margin budget-setting and report against inventory KPIs
• Create and drive the Inventory Planning roadmap
• Initiate, prioritize, approve, and manage planning projects through adoption
• Partner with Technology on planning system implementation and maintenance
• Lead adoption of demand planning and reporting tools
• Adapt planning tools and models to enterprise systems and reporting
• Identify gaps, develop workarounds, and implement durable solutions
• Leverage AI tools to automate recurring analysis and reporting
• Drive rollout of AI-enabled planning workflows
• Manage, coach, and develop the planning team through hiring, feedback, and objectives
• Mentor Merchandising partners on forecasting and inventory principles
• Represent Planning to executive leadership

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