Key Responsibilities:

- Own demand forecasting at SKU, style, category, size, channel and location level.

- Drive demand planning using historical sales, seasonality, promotions, new product launches and market inputs.

- Establish and lead the monthly S&OP; / IBP process across Sales, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing and Operations.

- Develop inventory plans covering safety stock, reorder points, min/max levels and Weeks of Cover.

- Drive replenishment and allocation across D2C, marketplaces and retail stores.

- Monitor stock availability, stock-outs, sell-through, inventory turns, WOC and lost sales.

- Own inventory ageing, excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory reduction.

- Partner with Merchandising and Marketing on liquidation, markdown and inventory clearance strategies.

- Drive new product launch planning including initial quantities, size curves, ramp-up and replenishment.





- Build dashboards and analytics for forecast accuracy, forecast bias, stock availability, inventory ageing, fill rate, inventory turns and demand-supply gaps.

- Identify planning risks and take corrective actions to improve availability while optimizing working capital.

- Lead and develop the Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Replenishment/Allocation and Planning Analytics teams.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- 1216 years of overall experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.

- Robust experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning and Supply Chain Planning.

- Preferably from D2C, Fashion, Apparel, E-commerce, Omnichannel Retail, Lifestyle or Consumer businesses.

📌 General Manager-Demand Planning & Inventory Management (Mumbai)
🏢 Think People Solutions
📍 Mumbai