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Salary: USD 137,000 - 176,000 / annual
Vuori, a fast-growing athletic apparel brand, is seeking a Product Manager to own the merchandise planning and allocation technology platform. You will serve as the connective tissue between planners, merchandisers, and technical teams, managing the day-to-day requirements, delivery, and adoption of planning and allocation capabilities across pre-season and in-season cycles.
Key responsibilities include:
- Translating planner and merchandising feedback into clear requirements and prioritized backlogs for technical teams; owning functional specifications for planning and allocation features including forecast views, buy quantification, and allocation rules
- Partnering with the Director of Product & Capability to shape the product roadmap and represent planner/allocator perspectives in prioritization discussions
- Running recurring syncs with implementation and delivery partners to track progress, surface blockers, and drive design decisions to closure
- Coordinating with the development team on build, testing, and release cycles
- Managing day-to-day administration of the planning platform (workspace access, SSO, model builder coordination) and allocation system feeds
- Resolving data-availability and data-scoping questions in partnership with Data Engineering
- Leading recurring alignment cadences across planning, allocation, technology, and delivery partners on refresh cycles and reporting changes
- Facilitating working sessions with planners and allocators to review outputs, gather feedback, and identify gaps
- Owning the Open-to-Buy (OTB) project plan and leading OTB review sessions
- Maintaining documentation of planning and allocation methodology for internal and partner reference
You will report to the Director, Product & Capability as part of a small, growing product team. This role requires comfort both leading business working sessions and participating in technical requirements reviews.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience preferred
- 4+ years in product management, business analysis, or systems implementation supporting retail merchandise planning and/or allocation
- Hands-on experience with a planning platform (e.g., Anaplan) or allocation system — comfortable working directly in the tool, not just around it. Experience with Impact Analytics, InventorySmart, or comparable allocation platforms is a plus
- Strong requirements-writing and documentation skills, with experience translating business needs for technical audiences
- Experience managing delivery with external implementation partners or vendors
- Working knowledge of retail merchandise planning concepts (OTB, top-down/bottom-up planning, assortment) and allocation fundamentals
- Comfortable with data — able to scope data requirements and have informed conversations with Data Engineering. Working knowledge of SQL is a plus
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills; able to earn trust with both planners and technical teams
