Director, Product & Merchandise Analytics

Vuori is looking for a Director Merch & Product Analytics to lead one of three analytics pods in our Data & Analytics organization. This pod is the analytical engine behind how we plan buy allocate and sell product. You will own the analytic products for merchandising planning allocation assortment inventory and supply chain  partnering directly with the leaders of those functions and shaping how they make decisions. 

This is a lead role not a contributor role. You will own the roadmap for the pod run the operating cadence manage the people and consultants in the pod and be accountable for outcomes across a portfolio of products and initiatives. 

We need someone with deep apparel footwear or DTC retail experience who has supported merchandising planning & supply chain functions and understands how these businesses run  pre-season in-season post-season across wholesale retail and ecomm channels. You should be fluent in the analytical and technical side of the work collaborating with functional leaders and their teams in driving best in class analytic solutions. 

We want someone who leads through collaboration and builds teams people want to be part of. You listen first ask sharp questions and bring partners along rather than working around them. You invest in relationships across functions earning trust with merchants planners and tech peers so the work compounds over time. 

What youll get to do:

• Own the analytics roadmap for the Merch & Product Analytics pod including inventory assortment allocation planning product performance and supply chain 
• Partner with functional leaders and business analytic leads to translate business priorities into a sequenced analytics roadmap 
• Lead and develop a team of product managers analysts and consultants (US and offshore) with direct people management responsibility for FTEs and quality oversight of consulting capacity 
• Run the steering committee intake prioritization and delivery cadence for the pod; ensure the one list of priorities stays current and credible with business leaders 
• Define and govern the metric framework for merch planning inventory and supply chain analytics including weighted in-stock sell-through margin productivity aged inventory on-time delivery and fill rate definitions 
• Ship analytics products that change how decisions are made. Examples - assortment dashboards allocation analytics MFP and OTB views and inventory roll forward reporting 
• Build supply chain analytics that connect demand to supply inbound visibility DC and 3PL throughput lead time and OTIF tracking network flow and inventory positioning across channels 
• Partner with Data Platform Data Science & AI and Enterprise Analytics peers to ensure shared data foundations governance and AI/ML capabilities serve the pods roadmap 
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to apply AI and ML across merch planning and supply chain analytics forecasting clustering allocation optimization assortment recommendations and network/inventory optimization  and partner with the DS&AI team to bring them to production 
• Use AI tools (Claude Copilot and others) in your own workflow to move faster and set the standard for the rest of the pod 

Qualifications :

Who you are:

• 10 years of experience in analytics planning or merchandising roles within apparel footwear or branded DTC consumer goods with at least 3 years in a people leadership capacity 
• Deep domain expertise across two or more of: merchandise planning demand forecasting allocation assortment planning inventory management OTB supply chain and S&OP and channel planning (retail ecom wholesale) 
• Track record of enbaling analytics products that business leaders adopt and rely on not just one-off reports but durable products with clear ownership and measurable impact 
• Experience leading mixed teams of FTEs and consultants including offshore capacity with the judgment to know when to insource vs. partner 
• Proven ability to operate with leadership  credible composed and able to push back when needed without losing the room 
• Working knowledge of supply chain operations end to end sourcing inbound logistics DC and 3PL operations and omni inventory flow enough to ask the right questions of supply chain leaders and design analytics that match how the business actually runs 
• Fluency with the modern data stack: Snowflake dbt or SQLMesh a major BI platform (MicroStrategy Looker Tableau or Power BI) and exposure to planning tools 
• Hands on experience scoping and applying AI or ML to merchandising or planning problems. You do not need to build models yourself but you need to know what is feasible and how to partner technically. 
• Strong written and verbal communication. You can write a one page memo that lands with a leadership and run a working session with cross functional teams. 
• A teaching instinct and a track record of developing people. The team you leave should be stronger than the team you joined. 
• Comfort with AI productivity tools in your own workflow 

Additional Information :

Our investment in you:

At Vuori were proud to offer the following to our employees: 

• Health Insurance 
• Savings and Retirement Plan  
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Generous Vuori Discount & Industry Perks 
• Paid Time Off  
• Wellness & Fitness benefits  

The salary range for this role is $182000 per year - $215000 per role is bonus eligible. 

Vuori is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time