Senior Manager, Inventory Management

Skims•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

SKIMS is seeking a Senior Manager of Inventory Management to optimize inventory across its growing omnichannel business. Reporting to the Director, Inventory Operations, this role leads channel-level inventory deployment, allocation, and replenishment, positioning inventory across wholesale, retail, and digital channels to maximize availability and productivity. The role translates business plans into actionable inventory strategies and continually adjusts inventory positioning based on performance. The Senior Manager partners with Merchandise Planning and channel teams to align inventory deployment with buy plans, product strategies, consumer demand, seasonality, and launch priorities. The position also supports new channel and market expansion, develops reporting and analytics, improves processes and systems, and coaches direct reports as the team grows.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in inventory management, allocation, replenishment, merchandise planning, or a related discipline.
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, fashion, logistics, or a related field.
Strong experience in a retail, fashion, apparel, or consumer brand environment.
Demonstrated experience managing inventory across multiple channels, including wholesale, retail, and digital.
Proven track record of driving inventory optimization and evolving processes in a high-growth, omnichannel environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Deep understanding of retail KPIs, including sell-through, weeks of supply, inventory turn, availability, and productivity.
Ability to translate data into clear, commercial recommendations.
Strong communication and cross-functional partnership skills.
Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Advanced Excel skills.
Analytical, detail-oriented mindset and ability to translate data into clear commercial action.
Strong commercial instincts and comfort making channel-level trade-off recommendations.
Collaborative style that builds trust across Merchandise Planning, Retail, Wholesale, and Digital partners.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and interest in building process and structure in a growing function.
Bias for ownership and execution, balanced with sound judgment about when to escalate.

Nice To Haves

Experience with modern planning, allocation, or inventory management systems; Oracle experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Own inventory deployment and optimization strategies across assigned categories and channels, including wholesale, retail, digital, hybrid, and concession.
Lead channel-level allocation and replenishment strategies to ensure appropriate inventory depth and availability by channel.
Monitor inventory productivity, availability, weeks of supply, sell-through, stockouts, excess inventory, and aging; flag risks and opportunities to the Director.
Identify and recommend opportunities to rebalance inventory across channels based on demand.
Partner with Merchandise Planning to translate buy plans and product strategies into channel-level inventory deployment.
Develop channel-level inventory strategies that reflect productivity, consumer demand, seasonality, and launch priorities.
Support new channel and market expansion through inventory planning and allocation strategies.
Establish and refine channel-level allocation and replenishment parameters and methodologies.
Partner with Retail, Wholesale, and Digital teams to understand channel-specific demand and identify inventory opportunities or risks.
Recommend markdown and clearance actions based on aging, excess, and sell-through performance, partnering with the Director on final decisions.
Build reporting and analytics that improve visibility into inventory performance and accelerate decision-making.
Identify process, system, and automation opportunities that improve inventory management at scale.
Coach and develop direct reports as the team grows.