Associate Inventory Planner - IRP

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

_ Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time _

The Associate Inventory Planner develops and executes inventory plans for assigned merchandise categories or business units to support product availability, sales performance, and inventory productivity. This role analyzes demand, sales, inventory, and supply data to identify risks and opportunities and recommends actions that balance customer demand with inventory investment. The Associate Inventory Planner partners with Merchandising, Replenishment, Assortment Planning, Supply Chain, Finance, and Store Operations to support promotions, seasonal events, assortment transitions, and other business priorities.

This role maintains inventory planning assumptions and parameters, monitors inventory performance, and provides data-driven insights that support inventory decisions across stores, distribution centers, and digital fulfillment channels.

• Develop and maintain inventory plans for assigned merchandise categories or business areas in support of sales, in-stock, service-level, inventory-turn, and financial objectives.
• Evaluate system generated forecasts and inventory scenarios, applying business knowledge to validate assumptions, challenge model outputs, and recommend strategic inventory actions.
• Oversee inventory performance management, prioritizing exceptions, validating recommendations, and adjusting planning strategies as business conditions evolve.
• Maintain inventory targets, planning assumptions, safety-stock levels, service levels, and other planning parameters within inventory systems.
• Partner with Merchandising, Replenishment, and Supply Chain teams to support inventory execution for promotions, seasonal events, product launches, resets, assortment changes, and product transitions.
• Collaborate with Replenishment partners to ensure inventory plans are effectively executed across stores, distribution centers, and fulfillment channels.
• Support assortment and product lifecycle decisions by providing inventory analysis and identifying potential availability or inventory-investment impacts.
• Investigate complex inventory exceptions, distinguish data-quality issues from business risks, and improve planning processes to reduce recurring exceptions.
• Translate system generated insights into clear business recommendations that influence planning decisions across merchandising, supply chain, and finance.
• Communicate inventory insights and recommendations to leaders and cross-functional business partners.
• Monitor performance against inventory plans and adjust assumptions or recommendations based on actual results and changing business conditions.
• Support inventory-planning system enhancements, testing, implementation activities, process documentation, and user adoption.
• Identify opportunities to improve inventory-planning processes, reporting, data accuracy, and system utilization.
• Maintain accurate planning data and follow established inventory controls, operating standards, and planning processes.
• Develop knowledge of assigned merchandise categories, customer demand patterns, vendor capabilities, and end-to-end retail supply chain operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Data Analytics,…