Principal, Social Commerce Demand & Inventory Strategy

Pattern • Lehi, UT

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. We need a Principal - Social Commerce Demand & Inventory Strategy to architect and scale a forecasting and inventory optimization framework purpose-built for TikTok, within a shared inventory ecosystem . This is not a traditional planner role, but a highly analytical, technologically fluent operator required to manage TikTok Shop's fundamentally different demand profile, which is driven by influencer campaigns and viral content resulting in nonlinear, unpredictable spikes. Success, which involves designing predictive models and building scalable solutions with Product and Engineering, is measured through business performance, brand satisfaction, and team impact in this fast-moving marketplace environment.

This is a full-time role and will work a hybrid schedule based in Lehi, UT.

Requirements

• 8+ years in demand planning, inventory strategy, supply chain analytics, or marketplace operations within high-growth e-commerce environments.
• Strong analytical foundation with fluency in Excel, SQL, BI tools, and forecasting methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience translating analytical frameworks into scalable productized solutions.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally while remaining hands-on and execution-focused.
• Strong leadership, communication, and coaching skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in shared inventory or multi-marketplace models strongly preferred.
• Background in Amazon, DTC, social commerce, or high-velocity startup environments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine TikTok-specific forecasting models by integrating real-time signals (influencer calendars, media spend, viral patterns) to create predictive, signal-based projections.
• Develop intelligent prioritization and coverage frameworks within Pattern's pooled inventory system, defining dynamic safety stock and risk triggers to anticipate and influence TikTok demand.
• Manage TikTok in-stock performance, reduce stockouts, and own analytics for lost revenue and inventory metrics (DIO, Weeks of Supply). Quantify cross-marketplace tradeoffs to balance growth and working capital.
• Translate inventory and forecasting logic into scalable tools by partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to embed automated solutions into core systems.
• Serve as the analytical and technical liaison across Inventory Management, Brand / Market place, and Finance, communicating complex insights to inform broader network decisions.
• Navigate ambiguity by building interim solutions, creating structured assumptions for incomplete data, and balancing strategic design with hands-on, rapid execution during viral events.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Onsite Fitness Center
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Casual Dress Code
• Competitive Pay
• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• 401(k) match. Pattern matches 100% of the first 3% in eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2% in eligible compensation deferred.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed