About Poshmark
Poshmark is the leading fashion marketplace where style comes alive through discovery, self-expression, and human connection. Powered by a vibrant community of 165 million members, Poshmark brings real people and taste to shopping through a social experience shaped by shared discovery. Buying and selling fashion feels simple, joyful, and personal, while every item tells its own story. Poshmark empowers sellers to grow meaningful businesses, keeps fashion in circulation longer, and gives shoppers access to unique and trusted finds, from everyday pieces to one-of-a-kind vintage and luxury.
This role is critical to building and leading the end-to-end inventory planning and allocation function across Poshmark. You will ensure inventory is optimized across all categories and channels while balancing in-stock performance across Stores, E-commerce, and the Warehouse. As the architect of inventory planning, you will build out the function, strategies, processes, tools, and team needed to support and scale Poshmark. This role reports to the VP of Merchandising.
Responsibilities
Store Allocation & Warehouse Management
Develop and maintain inventory forecasts for the Distribution Center, Merchandising, Finance, and Store teams.
Lead onboarding, testing, and scaling of the inventory management system for owned and store inventory.
Partner with Distribution Center operations to optimize inbound scheduling, storage utilization, and inventory flow.
Partner with Merchandising on store allocations and the timing of new product launches.
Manage store stock pulls and inventory sendbacks as needed.
Inventory Strategy & Open-to-Buy
Create and run weekly category- and brand-level reporting to drive deeper merchandising insights.
Build a monthly Open-to-Buy for owned inventory that aligns with Store and E-commerce sales budgets and optimizes turn.
Own end-to-end inventory for Poshmark.com, the warehouse, and store locations.
Establish sell-through and weeks-on-hand targets by product type.
Track and manage owned inventory and product lifecycle with the Merchandising team.
Develop a markdown cadence, and identify and resolve inventory gluts.
Cross-Functional Partnership
Partner with the Data Analytics and Tech teams to develop and implement an inventory tracking and forecasting system.
Collaborate with Merchandising, Store Operations, and Finance to align inventory strategy with business priorities.
Represent the planning function to senior leadership, clearly communicating inventory position, risks, and opportunities.
Requirements
3+ years of experience at the senior manager level or above in retail inventory planning or management.
Experience building merchandise planning and inventory management tools and processes from the ground up.
Experience consolidating data sources into clear, actionable insights.
Experience working with distribution center operations and retail store allocation.
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable plans.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, anticipate needs, and build frameworks independently.
Experience in multi-category retail or DTC environments preferred.