[Hiring] Senior Manager, Planning @Babylist

Role Description

As a Divisional Senior Planning Manager at Babylist, you’ll own the financial and inventory strategy for a full division of our e-commerce business—directly shaping how we invest, where we take risk, and how we deliver for millions of families. This is a leadership role within Planning where you’re accountable not just for hitting your numbers, but for how decisions get made. You’ll set the standard for how planning shows up as a strategic partner to Merchandising and a driver of company performance.

• Your day-to-day sits at the intersection of analytics, judgment, and influence.
• You’ll lead your team through forecasting, OTB, and in-season management.
• You’ll operate in close partnership with Merchandising, bringing a clear point of view and engaging in real debate to get to better outcomes.
• You’ll work across Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure plans hold up in execution—not just in spreadsheets.
• This role requires strong perspective and comfort with ambiguity.
• You’ll be expected to step in, raise the level of thinking, and influence beyond your direct scope—even when the answer isn’t obvious.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in merchandise planning, inventory planning, or retail finance, with direct ownership of a department or division-level P&L (sales, margin, inventory, OTB).
• 3+ years managing planners, including hiring and developing high-performing teams (at least 2 direct reports) and raising the bar on planning capability.
• Deep expertise in retail math, forecasting, and inventory management, including OTB ownership, in-season reforecasting, and inventory turn optimization.
• Proven ability to influence Merchandising leaders on assortment, pricing, and investment decisions, bringing a clear, data-backed point of view—not just reporting performance.
• Experience leading cross-functional, cross-divisional initiatives that changed how planning operates (process, tools, or ways of working).
• Strong command of planning tools and data environments (e.g., advanced Excel, plus systems like Anaplan, Netsuite, SAP, or similar)—able to independently diagnose performance and translate it into decisions.
• Experience operating across multiple inventory models (owned and drop-ship) and adjusting strategy based on category dynamics like lead times and product lifecycle.
• Comfortable in high-growth, evolving e-commerce or omnichannel environments where you’re expected to build while operating and make decisions without perfect data.
• You're genuinely excited about what AI can do - not just as a concept, but as something you want to get your hands on.

Requirements

• Own the end-to-end financial and inventory strategy for your division, setting direction across sales, margin, inventory, and turns in line with company goals.
• Lead the monthly OTB process, framing tradeoffs and recommendations that directly influence leadership decisions on investment and risk.
• Define and evolve divisional inventory and replenishment strategies, improving in-stock rates, inventory flow, and working capital efficiency in partnership with Supply Chain.
• Act as the planning counterpart to Merchandising, shaping assortment and pricing decisions through clear, data-backed perspectives and healthy debate.
• Identify risks and opportunities through weekly performance analysis, driving timely, cross-functional actions that change business outcomes.
• Build pre-season financial plans that translate assortment vision into clear, executable targets across categories, classes, and key items.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve forecasting accuracy, streamline planning workflows, and scale the function as the business grows.
• Develop and coach a team of planners, elevating analytical rigor, business judgment, and ownership across the team.
• Raise the bar for Planning beyond your division by introducing better frameworks, tools, and ways of working that improve how decisions get made across the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and bonus opportunities.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement savings plan with company matching and flexible spending accounts.
• Generous paid parental leave and PTO.
• Remote work stipend to set up your office.
• Perks for physical, mental, and emotional health, parenting, childcare, and financial planning.