Supply Planning Manager

Position Snapshot

Gorilla Commerce is seeking a highly analytical, self‑directed Supply Planning Manager to own the accuracy, rigor, and strategic direction of the analytical tools, models, and reporting solutions that our Planning team relies on to make critical decisions. This role is ideal for a supply planning expert with strong command of core planning fundamentals — demand and supply variability, lead time, safety stock methodology, and the trade‑offs involved in inventory planning — and the analytical and modeling rigor to translate that expertise into scalable solutions for a rapidly growing business.

With a department focus on optimizing inventory levels, improving supply accuracy, and streamlining planning strategies, you will create solutions that enhance visibility, strengthen inventory strategies, and drive operational efficiency across the supply chain. This is currently an individual‑contributor role, with the potential to build and lead a team as the supply planning analytics function scales.

What We Do: We’re a leading e‑commerce company focused on creating high‑quality, affordable products that make everyday life easier.

Scale & Footprint: Headquartered in Norwalk, CT, Gorilla Commerce is a Top 10 Amazon U.S. seller with rapid growth and expanding into an omnichannel presence.

Industry Differentiator: Known for our flagship brand, Gorilla Grip, we combine creativity with data‑driven insights to deliver obsession‑worthy products.

Culture Highlights: Fast‑paced, collaborative, and customer‑focused environment where innovation and growth thrive.

Impressive Growth: We’re a rapidly growing e‑commerce company with ambitious plans to expand our reach and evolve into a true omnichannel business.

• Own the design, development, automation, and continuous improvement of analytical models, dashboards, and decision‑support tools that enable Supply Planning to make faster, smarter, and more informed business decisions.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and operational inefficiencies impacting supply planning, inventory investment, and customer service.
• Develop analytical frameworks that improve inventory investment decisions, replenishment strategies, service levels, and working capital performance.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear business insights, recommendations, and actionable planning decisions for cross‑functional partners.
• Continuously enhance existing analytical tools and reporting capabilities to improve usability, accuracy, scalability, and business value.

• Develop scenario planning, and optimization models that improve supply planning effectiveness and support proactive business decision making.
• Build analytical tools that improve inventory planning workflows, replenishment strategies, and operational visibility across all channels.
• Conduct scenario modeling and supply‑demand analyses that allow the business to evaluate alternative planning strategies before decisions are made.
• Develop and maintain analytical logic, guardrails, and planning models that support inventory investment decisions, safety stock strategies, purchasing recommendations, and supply planning execution.
• Apply strong planning fundamentals—including demand and supply variability, lead times, safety stock methodologies, service‑level tradeoffs, and inventory investment principles—to improve planning recommendations.

• Establish and continuously improve key planning metrics, dashboards, and analytical frameworks that measure inventory health, service levels, forecast alignment, inventory investment, and supply performance.
• Perform root cause analysis to explain changes in planning performance and recommend corrective actions that improve future business outcomes.
• Leverage existing datasets to build scalable analytical solutions that improve planning visibility and decision quality.
• Validate, interpret, and transform data from multiple business systems to ensure analytical outputs accurately reflect…