Manager, Inventory & Demand Planning

The role

You will manage a team of merchandise planners and own the end-to-end financial and demand planning for assigned subcategories. The role covers inventory and open-to-buy strategy, gross margins, and forecasting with planning systems.

What you will do

• Review monthly and quarterly sales, margin and inventory performance across subcategories against targets and open-to-buy
• Manage and own end-to-end financial and demand planning for assigned subcategories
• Balance Frames vs. Lens portfolio goals to optimize gross margin and working capital
• Direct stock reallocations, consolidations and safety stock adjustments across locations
• Manage and coach Merchandise Planners and set KPIs and workflows
• Lead planning software, analytics and AI tool deployment and refinement
• Oversee hands-on forecasting for core best-selling SKUs and logic for B, C and D SKUs
• Lead weekly reviews of sales, forecast accuracy, out-of-stock risk and new product introductions
• Oversee sell-through plans for discontinued items
• Work with Procurement, Marketing, Product Category, and Warehousing & Logistics teams

Required qualifications

• Ability to synthesize large datasets and present clear solutions to management
• Expertise translating item-level demand into dollar projections, gross margins and working capital needs
• Understanding of promotional lift, seasonal curves, sales velocity and trend modeling
• Proven ability to build partnerships across teams and integrate input into a unified demand plan

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance or a related field
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (financial modeling, complex formulas, pivot tables)
• Experience adopting artificial intelligence into functional requirements
• Hands-on experience with enterprise planning software such as Anaplan, Blue Yonder, SAP APO/IBP or Oracle Retail
• 4–6+ years of progressive merchandise financial or demand planning experience, including category ownership and supervisory experience

Benefits

• Annual bonus program
• Healthcare: 100% employee premiums covered for medical, dental and vision (50% for dependents)
• Basic life and AD&D insurance with optional additional voluntary coverage
• Short and long term disability coverage
• 401k with up to 4% match
• EAP and Spring Health access with free therapy and coaching for you and dependents
• Free access to digital wellness platform Wellness Coach for you and family
• Flex Time Off plus a Week of Zen between Christmas and New Year's
• Fully paid parental leave of 16 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Family forming and fertility support through Maven
• Annual Zenni gift card for use on products

Before you apply

• Applicants must be located full time in one of the listed U.S. states
• Zenni is registered in some but not all states
• Zenni considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements
• AI tools assist the hiring team, but every selection is made by a person

About the company

Zenni Optical pioneered online eyewear in 2003 with a mission to make eyewear affordable and accessible. It is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and has sold more than 70 million frames globally.