Global Deployment Manager

Stussy, Inc. • Los Angeles, CA

1h

About The Position

Stüssy is seeking a Global Deployment Manager to lead allocation and inventory deployment across owned retail, managed partner locations, and global e-commerce. This senior role sets deployment direction, develops a global team, and partners across Planning, Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce, and Supply Chain to protect availability and improve inventory productivity.

The role will play a major part in rolling out RELEX by translating Planning needs into scalable processes, supporting data readiness and testing, and preparing the global team to adopt new ways of working. Prior RELEX experience is a plus, but not required.

This is a senior role within the Planning organization, reporting to the Director of Demand & Deployment. The manager is expected to set direction for global deployment, lead through others, develop scalable operating practices, and represent Allocation in key planning and technology decisions. The role combines strategic ownership with hands-on involvement in deployment reviews and the RELEX transformation.

The role is accountable for measurable improvement in customer availability and inventory productivity, using a balanced set of service, sales, and inventory health indicators.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of progressive allocation experience in apparel retail, including ownership of allocation or deployment decisions across a meaningful store and/or digital business.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop teams; experience working across regions and time zones is important for this global team.
• Strong command of retail allocation, replenishment, inventory flow, size- and location-level performance, and in-season trading; able to balance service, sales opportunity, and inventory risk.
• Comfort using data to diagnose performance, set priorities, make timely decisions, and explain trade-offs clearly to senior and cross-functional partners.
• Experience with planning, allocation, or inventory systems and a track record of improving processes.
• Clear, concise communicator who can build trust, create accountability, and influence partners across Planning, Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce, and Supply Chain.

Nice To Haves

• RELEX knowledge or experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set allocation and replenishment strategies across owned retail, managed partners, and global e-commerce by region, location, product, and lifecycle stage, balancing availability with inventory productivity.
• Lead allocation reviews, replenishment, rebalancing, launches, and exception management; act on sales trends, stock-outs, inventory imbalances, and supply risks.
• Lead and develop four direct reports, including colleagues in EMEA and APAC; set clear ownership and operating rhythms, coach across time zones, and build consistent decision standards.
• Represent Planning in the RELEX rollout by defining requirements, shaping processes, testing and validating outputs, and driving adoption with Demand Planning, Merchandising, Retail, E-commerce, and Supply Chain.
• Translate sales plans, demand signals, inventory targets, and product priorities into location- and channel-level deployment plans; own allocation guardrails, replenishment parameters, clustering inputs, and exception workflows.
• Monitor availability, sell-through, weeks of supply, receipts, in-transit inventory, and open orders; use launch and seasonal reviews to surface risks, rebalance inventory, and improve results.
• Drive measurable improvement in customer availability and inventory productivity across service, sales, and inventory health indicators.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior