Head of Planning
About The Position
Malbon is hiring a Head of Planning to lead financial, inventory, and demand planning across its e-commerce, retail, and wholesale channels. Reporting directly to the CEO, this hands-on leadership role partners with Merchandising, Sales, Finance, and Operations to align seasonal buys with business goals, optimize inventory, and support profitable growth. The role will help build the planning team, tools, and processes as Malbon expands. The position is based at Malbon HQ in Santa Monica, California, and follows a hybrid schedule of three days per week in the office. It is not eligible for remote work. Occasional travel to retail stores may be required.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in planning or buying.
- Prior experience managing and developing a planning team.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Strong financial and analytical skills, with the ability to own company-level OTB and inventory targets.
- Track record of partnering directly with Finance and Merchandising leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Direct-to-consumer (DTC) and wholesale experience preferred.
- Experience with NetSuite preferred.
Responsibilities
- Track daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly sales across e-commerce, retail, and wholesale.
- Manage sales, margin, and inventory turns across channels.
- Own open-to-buy (OTB) planning and communicate risks and opportunities.
- Develop preseason plans with Merchandising and Sales.
- Develop reporting and represent Planning in cross-functional leadership meetings.
- Develop size-curve forecasts with Merchandising and Sales.
- Review sales forecasts against preseason targets and partner with Sales on available-to-sell forecasts.
- Manage buy turn-ins to production.
- Manage liquidity for late additions and recuts.
- Manage in-stock levels and product lifecycles for 300 SKUs across four warehouses.
- Issue recuts or reflow receipts as needed.
- Develop reporting and communicate out-of-stock and back-in-stock information cross-functionally.
- Partner with Operations and Production to manage receipt flow.
- Communicate changes in receipt forecasts to Finance.
- Oversee the planning team’s inventory allocations.
- Build the department roadmap, including headcount, tools, and processes.
- Develop and manage the planning team.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- 401(k) with matching.
- Annual RSU grant.
- Generous paid time off policy and observed holiday calendar.
- Monthly mobile/internet stipend.
- Employee discount for eligible Malbon products.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
