What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Global Demand Planning & Inventory position at Halfdays?
The Role:
Halfdays is hiring a strategic, analytical, and commercially minded Director of Planning & Inventory to lead our next phase of growth. This role owns end-to-end forecasting and inventory strategy across DTC and wholesale, ensuring demand-driven planning, inventory discipline, and financial rigor to drive revenue, margin, and capital efficiency.
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this leader connects merchandising, finance, marketing, e-commerce, sourcing, and operations. They will translate product strategy into clear demand forecasts, guide inventory investment decisions, and build the planning foundation needed to scale the business with precision.
The ideal candidate brings 8–10 years of experience in planning and inventory within apparel or consumer brands, with deep expertise in demand-driven planning, strong financial acumen, and the ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable insights.
What you'll do:
Own the Commercial Forecast
- Build and manage revenue, unit, and inventory forecasts across DTC and wholesale
- Translate assortment plans into style-level projections for revenue, units, and sell-through
- Continuously refine forecasts based on performance trends, marketing inputs, and demand signals
- Maintain base, upside, and downside scenarios to guide decision-making
Lead Merchandise Financial Planning
- Own the merchandise financial plan across categories and channels
- Translate company targets into actionable plans at the category and style level
- Manage in-season reforecasting and align the business to updated expectations
- Identify risks and opportunities across revenue, margin, and inventory
Drive Inventory Strategy
- Define inventory depth, flow, and timing across channels
- Manage open-to-buy and inventory investments to balance growth and working capital
- Monitor key metrics including sell-through, weeks of supply, and inventory turns
- Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
Support Strategic Decisions
- Build scenario models to evaluate growth, pricing, and channel opportunities
- Pressure test assumptions and provide clear, data-backed recommendations
- Partner with leadership to navigate tradeoffs across revenue, margin, and inventory
Lead Planning Cadence & Process
- Lead monthly commercial reviews focused on performance, forecast updates, and actions
- Own quarterly reforecasting and support annual planning
- Build scalable tools and processes that improve forecast accuracy and discipline
Partner Across the Business
- Partner with merchandising on assortment strategy, pricing, and inventory investment
- Collaborate with marketing, e-commerce, and wholesale to incorporate demand drivers into forecasts
- Partner with finance and operations on reporting and inventory allocation
- Align with sourcing and operations on production planning and inventory flow
- Support wholesale planning and channel allocation
Who you are:
- 8–10 years of experience in planning, merchandising, or inventory management (apparel or consumer preferred)
- Strong experience with demand-driven planning (units, sell-through, weeks of supply)
- Experience across both DTC and wholesale channels
- Strong analytical and modeling skills (Excel required)
- Ability to translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Experience building or improving planning processes and systems
How we work:
- In-office in Denver with flexibility to work from home periodically.
- Collaborative, fast-paced, and deeply cross-functional.
Perks Benefits:
- Covered Medical, Dental and Vision for employees
- Generous Parental Leave
- Company paid parking
- Free Halfdays products for each season
At Halfdays, we know that outdoor enthusiasts come from all different backgrounds, and we are here to support them by having a diverse team. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.