Inventory Planner

Overview

Aquent is proud to partner with a global leader in the athletic apparel and retail innovation sector. This organization is renowned for pushing boundaries and setting trends, creating products that inspire millions worldwide. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and making a tangible impact on the global retail landscape.

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented professional to join a specialized retail planning team. In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the seamless flow of products from distribution centers to retail locations, directly impacting customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. If you thrive on solving complex data challenges, managing large datasets, and supporting fast-paced retail operations, this is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career with a world-class brand.

What You’ll Do

• Support the Allocation Planning team by maintaining inventory accuracy across multiple retail systems.
• Upload and manage purchase orders while ensuring distribution centers have accurate inventory visibility.
• Review and reconcile inventory data between various planning systems.
• Troubleshoot inventory discrepancies and investigate data integrity issues.
• Maintain product information and ensure records remain accurate.
• Support inventory replenishment and allocation activities across retail stores.
• Update planning reports and assist with forecasting activities.
• Collaborate with Distribution Centers, Finance, Planning, and Store Operations teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce manual work.

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of experience in inventory planning, merchandise planning, allocation planning, retail operations, or inventory analysis.
• Experience working with large datasets and maintaining data accuracy.
• Strong Excel skills, including filtering, sorting, lookups, and working with large spreadsheets.
• Experience updating purchase orders and product information.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Comfortable learning new technology and business systems quickly.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Experience with retail management systems.
• Merchandise Planning experience.
• Retail allocation experience.
• Experience supporting apparel, footwear, or retail organizations.
• Understanding of retail metrics such as sell-through, inventory turns, average selling price (ASP), and units per transaction (UPT).

Why Join This Team?

This is a chance to work with one of the world’s most recognized consumer brands, gaining invaluable experience in sophisticated retail planning and allocation operations. You will learn enterprise retail systems used across a global organization, partner with experienced planning professionals, and build highly transferable inventory planning and retail analytics expertise that will propel your career forward.

If you’re passionate about retail operations, data, and driving efficient inventory flow, we’d love to hear from you.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.