Reporting to the VP, Merchandising, the Manager, Planning & Allocations is responsible for leading the merchandise planning and inventory management function across ecommerce, retail and wholesale. This role owns the financial planning framework, demand forecasting, inventory investment strategy and allocation philosophy that enables Left On Friday to achieve profitable growth while maximizing inventory productivity.
As the leader of the Planning & Allocation team, this role develops planning processes, coaches the team, drives cross-functional alignment and partners closely with Merchandising, Retail, Operations, Finance and Marketing.
This role balances strategic thinking with solid analytical execution and is responsible for building a scalable planning function that supports the next stage of growth. In this role, you will get to work with a small, brilliant team on one of the most desirable, fast growing DTC brands out there today
Core Responsibilities: Lead topline sales planning across all channels and countries.
Own annual, seasonal,



monthly and weekly sales forecasts.
Develop inventory investment strategies that support revenue, margin and inventory turn objectives.
Partner with Merchandising to establish seasonal assortment financial plans.
Own Open-to-Buy (OTB) planning and inventory flow.
Develop scenario plans to support changing business conditions.
Agile and able to embrace new systems as the business evolves
Monitor performance against plan and recommend actions.
Oversee category financial plans.
Guide assortment architecture from an inventory perspective.
Partner on buy quantities and receipt planning.
Review productivity by category, collection and channel.
Ensure inventory supports financial targets.
Develop allocation philosophies across Ecom, Retail and Wholesale.
Define launch allocation strategies.
Lead lifecycle inventory strategies.
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📌 Manager, planning (Vancouver)
🏢 Left On Friday
📍 Vancouver