[Hiring] Director of Planning @Ana Luisa

Role Description

Ana Luisa is looking for a hands-on Director of Planning to own demand and inventory planning across every channel we sell in: our e-commerce site, marketplaces, wholesale and department store partners, and a growing network of retail stores. You will decide what we buy, when we buy it, and which channel gets it when supply is tight.

We run planning today on spreadsheets, Looker, and a monthly S&OP cadence rather than a dedicated planning system — that's where you come in. We want someone who sees a manual process and builds the model or automation that removes it, not someone who waits for a system to be handed to them. A builder who is equally comfortable redesigning replenishment logic and personally placing this week's POs.

This role reports to the CEO, manages one Supply Chain Planner, and will grow the team as the planning function matures. You'll work directly with Merchandising, Sales, Retail, and Finance — this is a highly visible seat with real influence over how the business buys and grows.

Location: Ideal candidate lives in Midwest or Eastcoast.

In your first 6–12 months, you will likely:

• Stand up a rolling demand forecast and inventory allocation model that replaces today's spreadsheet process
• Run point on open-to-buy and constrained-inventory decisions across e-com, wholesale/department stores, marketplaces, and retail
• Design automated replenishment logic for a fast-growing store fleet
• Bring structure and rigor to the monthly S&OP cadence

Qualifications

• 8+ years in demand, inventory, merchandise, or supply chain planning, including 2–3 years leading a planning function or team of 2 or more.
• Multichannel experience across at least three of: DTC e-commerce, Amazon/marketplaces, wholesale or department stores, and physical retail.
• Fashion, jewelry, or accessories experience strongly preferred; otherwise consumer goods with high SKU counts, seasonality, and frequent newness.
• Engineering degree (or equivalent quantitative field — operations research, supply chain, statistics).
• Ownership of an inventory or open-to-buy budget, with a clear grasp of the working capital and margin implications of planning decisions.
• Comfort operating without infrastructure: proven ability to build planning discipline from spreadsheets and BI tools.
• Hands-on by default.
• Strong cross-functional influence and fluent English; Spanish is a plus.

Requirements

• Own the consolidated rolling 12-month demand forecast across all channels — e-commerce, Amazon/FBA, marketplaces, wholesale, retail stores, and B2B.
• Run the monthly S&OP process end to end with Merchandising, Sales, Retail, Operations, Production, and Finance.
• Prioritize and allocate constrained inventory across channels.
• Own the annual inventory investment plan and open-to-buy.
• Own reorder and production planning with suppliers.
• Drive inventory turns and inventory health.
• Design and implement automated replenishment for retail stores, Amazon FBA, and packaging components.
• Build the models, dashboards, and automation that run planning.
• Manage and develop the Supply Chain Planner.

Benefits

• Flexible WFH policy (2x per week), unlimited PTO, 401k matching and more.
• Employee discount; welcome gift card, Birthday Gift Card.
• Fully-stocked kitchen with unlimited snacks and beverages.
• Office lunches; in-office events.
• Company sponsored parking, fun & friendly company culture.

EEOC

Ana Luisa is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity at the company. We are committed to equal employment opportunities and welcome all candidates regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetics, marital status, veteran status, or disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.