What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Inventory & Demand Planning position at Spring Footwear, Corp.?
Pompano Beach, FL (Onsite)
Spring Footwear Corp.
About The Role
Spring Footwear is entering its next phase of growth across wholesale, e-commerce (Shopify, Amazon, Walmart), marketplaces, and retail.
To support this, we are building a centralized Inventory & Demand Planning function to bring structure, discipline, and visibility across the business.
This role is not about maintaining reports.
This role is about building the system that drives how the company plans, buys, and manages inventory.
You will work directly with ownership and leadership to design and implement forecasting, inventory flow, and planning processes across all channels.
What You Will Own
You Will Work Closely With
This role sits at the center of the business.
You will help connect: Product → Sales → Inventory → Operations
And build the system that drives how decisions are made.
Spring Footwear Corp.
About The Role
Spring Footwear is entering its next phase of growth across wholesale, e-commerce (Shopify, Amazon, Walmart), marketplaces, and retail.
To support this, we are building a centralized Inventory & Demand Planning function to bring structure, discipline, and visibility across the business.
This role is not about maintaining reports.
This role is about building the system that drives how the company plans, buys, and manages inventory.
You will work directly with ownership and leadership to design and implement forecasting, inventory flow, and planning processes across all channels.
What You Will Own
- Design and lead the demand planning and forecasting framework across all channels
- Establish S&OP cadence and weekly inventory discipline
- Build and manage OTB and inventory planning structure
- Define and enforce channel allocation strategy and priorities
- Improve inventory turns, availability, and margin performance
- Partner with Merchandising, Sales, Retail, Marketplace, Operations, and Finance
- Build dashboards, KPIs, and reporting that drive decisions
- Identify risks early (stockouts, overstock, missed reorders) and take action
- Develop scalable processes, SOPs, and planning tools
- Forecast accuracy improves
- Inventory becomes balanced (less excess, fewer stockouts)
- Best sellers are always in stock
- Aged inventory is actively managed
- Weekly decisions replace reactive firefighting
- One version of truth across the company
- 8–12 years in demand planning, inventory planning, or supply chain
- Experience in footwear, apparel, or consumer goods strongly preferred
- Proven experience building or improving a planning function
- Strong understanding of:
- Forecasting
- OTB
- Inventory flow
- Channel strategy
- Experience in omni-channel environments (DTC wholesale retail marketplaces)
- Strong leadership presence - able to influence without authority
- Advanced Excel ERP / BI systems
You Will Work Closely With
- Internal Inventory Planning Lead (execution reporting)
- Cross-functional leaders across all channels
This role sits at the center of the business.
You will help connect: Product → Sales → Inventory → Operations
And build the system that drives how decisions are made.