Senior Director of Inventory Management and Analysis

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Position Description

Jewelry Television - Senior Director of Inventory Management and Analysis

Location:

Lexington, KY

Job Code: JTVINVENTORYMANAGE

# of openings: 1

Jewelry Television - Senior Director of Inventory Management and Analysis — The Senior Director of Inventory Management and Analysis at Jewelry Television® will lead the strategic direction for the company’s inventory levels, analysis, and analytical support for all owned inventory. This role is central to driving profitability, managing financial exposure, and ensuring product availability meets demand across all categories of business.

The Senior Director will act as a strategic partner to the Executive Team, translating complex inventory and sales data into actionable strategies that directly influence buying, planning, and financial outcomes.

This position is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

• Strategic Analysis & Leadership
• Inventory Strategy:
  Define the overarching owned inventory levels for improved inventory health, including receipt flow, aging and clearance strategies for underperforming items.
• Executive Reporting:
  Prepare and present concise, high-impact inventory health reports and forecasts to the Executive Team, highlighting financial risk, opportunity, and the rationale behind strategic inventory decisions.
• Cross-Channel Optimization:
  Work with Showing Planning and Web Managers to ensure inventory layers are actively being addressed, ensuring inventory turns issues and opportunities are communicated.
• Cross-Functional Partnership & Collaboration
• Merchandising Buyers:
  Create overall Sales, Gross Margin and Open to Buys plans for each category of business based on Hours from the Buyers and Programming. Work directly with Merchandising Buyers on the open-to-buy (OTB), analyze category performance, and establish appropriate receipt flows to support the hours without creating aged inventory layers.
• Broadcast Show Responsibilities:
  Oversee translation of category of business plans into Show Goals to provide direction on required financial performance by Show. Partner with the Broadcast Execution Teams to discuss inventory needs for live television programs, ensuring inventory is aligned with Broadcast schedule. Partner with Show Planning to assist in managing low generator items in order to sell thru on the Website.
• Accounting and Finance Teams:
  Collaborate closely with Accounting and Finance Teams on inventory valuation, reserve calculations, shrinkage analysis, and budgeting. This includes modeling the financial impact of various inventory investments and liquidation scenarios.
• Research and Modeling
• Inventory Forecasting:
  Create and maintain a high-level Sales, Gross Margin, Inventory and Receipt model for the Fiscal Year, separated by Owned and Consigned segments.
• Profitability Analysis:
  Review profitability and turn by brand, category, and/or vendor, as needed to support buying and programming decisions.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify and champion opportunities to improve reporting and analytical tools related to inventory management and exception reporting with actionable callouts.

• Experience:
  
  10+ years of progressive experience in Merchandising, Inventory Planning, and/or Business Analysis, with at least 5 years in a leadership/Director-level role focused on inventory and financial management.
• Industry Focus:
  Proven experience working in a Retail environment that includes E-commerce and/or Broadcast/Live Selling. Experience with jewelry, gemstones, or luxury goods is preferred but not required.
• Financial Acumen:
  Deep understanding of retail math, inventory valuation methodologies, OTB management, and the financial statements (P&L and Balance Sheet) as they relate to inventory.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Advanced proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Power BI) and experience working with large-scale inventory management systems. Proficiency in Excel is a requirement.
• Communication:
  Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex analytical findings to C-suite and executive audiences.

• Outstanding employee benefit…