Director of Enterprise Inventory Demand Planning (Pittsburgh)

About GNC

Since 1935, GNC has been a global leader in health and wellness innovation, inspiring people to achieve their goals with a trusted and dynamic range of products. As #TeamGNC, we prioritize our consumers, constantly collaborating and developing new ideas to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Our team is passionate about driving change and turning aspirations into actions. We believe that good health is the greatest gift, and there's nothing more rewarding than helping others achieve it. Join us in empowering others to Live Well!

What We’re Looking For:

At GNC we embrace a “Live Well” philosophy, fostering a dynamic environment where innovation meets passion. Whether someone is an athlete or just starting to focus on their health, we want to deliver the cutting-edge products they deserve. We are looking for an individual who is excited and eager to play a pivotal role in driving excellence in the health and wellness industry. This position offers the opportunity to engage in a collaborative environment where you will make a personal impact every day.

We are seeking a highly strategic, analytical, and results-oriented Director of Enterprise Inventory Demand Planning to lead enterprise integrated planning across merchandise financial plans, customer demand forecasts, buying decisions, and inventory execution. This leader connects sales and margin objectives with forecast demand and inventory investment to improve product availability, inventory productivity, and profitable growth across all channels. Partnering with Merchandising and Finance, the Director establishes disciplined planning processes, strengthens forecasting capabilities, and provides a forward-looking view of buying capacity, inventory requirements, and business risks. The role owns the integrity of the integrated plan while enabling informed commercial decisions through fact-based analysis, clear governance, and cross-functional accountability.

The ideal candidate combines deep retail inventory planning expertise with a forward-thinking mindset and passion for innovation. They possess a strong understanding of forecasting methodologies, inventory productivity metrics, and cross-functional business planning processes, while also embracing emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation to transform planning effectiveness and decision-making.

This is a highly visible leadership role that directly influences financial performance, customer experience, and enterprise strategy.

What You’ll Do:

This is a Full-Time Salary Position

Merchandise Financial Planning & Open-to-Buy

• Lead integrated sales, margin, inventory, and receipt planning aligned with financial objectives.
• Own open-to-buy planning and governance, connecting forecast demand, purchase commitments, planned receipts, and remaining buying capacity.
• Align inventory investment with expected demand, financial objectives, and product availability goals.
• Partner with Merchandising and Finance to reconcile commercial strategies, financial plans, demand forecasts, and inventory commitments.
• Provide Merchants with fact-based recommendations on purchase proposals, reorders, newness, product replacements, and assortment exits.
• Partner with Inventory Planning and Replenishment to optimize inventory targets, replenishment strategies, and receipt timing.
• Identify risks and opportunities involving excess inventory, aging products, and purchase commitments.
• Identify financial and inventory risks, recommend corrective actions, and establish escalation processes for material deviations from approved plans.

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Own enterprise demand forecasting across products, categories, channels, across relevant time periods.
• Incorporate historical sales, seasonality, promotions, pricing, product lifecycle, and emerging demand signals into forecasts.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, identify root causes, and improve forecasting methodologies.
• Translate demand insights into actionable merchandise plans and inventory requirements.

Analytics, Systems & Leadership

• Improve planning systems, reporting, forecasting tools, and data quality, leveraging predictive analytics and AI where appropriate.
• Establish performance metrics and drive continuous improvement in planning effectiveness.
• Lead and develop a team of planning professionals, building financial, analytical, and commercial capabilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Environmental Factors & Working Schedule:

• Hybrid work environment, 3-4 days in-person attendance (Pittsburgh, PA) in addition to ability to work remotely.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands or fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include long periods of computer screen usage, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

* To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in merchandise planning, demand planning, inventory planning, or retail finance.
• Demonstrated expertise in merchandise financial planning, open-to-buy, demand forecasting, and inventory optimization.
• Experience integrating commercial, financial, and operational planning in a multichannel retail environment.
• Experience with planning systems, forecasting tools, and business intelligence platforms.
• Strong financial acumen with demonstrated experience managing inventory investments, working capital, margin optimization, and profitability initiatives.
• Proven success influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment across Merchandising, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership teams.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing planning systems, ERP platforms, forecasting tools, and business intelligence solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business strategies.
• Experience leveraging advanced analytics, predictive modeling, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications within planning environments strongly preferred.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and executive-facing leadership skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment while effectively managing multiple priorities and competing demands.
• Health and wellness, specialty retail, or consumer products experience preferred.