Director, Allocation & Planning

The Director of Allocation & Planning is a key leadership role responsible for driving inventory optimization, allocation strategy, and merchandise planning execution across the organization. Reporting to the Buying & Merchandising Leadership. This position provides leadership and direction to the Senior Planning team while overseeing the Allocation function, ensuring inventory is positioned appropriately to maximize sales, margin, inventory turn, and product availability.

This role serves as a critical bridge between Planning, Allocation, Buying, Merchandising, Finance, Distribution, and Logistics, translating broader company strategies into actionable inventory and planning decisions.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach, and develop the allocation and planning team, establishing clear expectations, priorities, and accountability.
• Partner with Buying & Merchandising Leadership to execute company-wide sales, inventory, margin, and open-to-buy strategies.
• Oversee allocation and replenishment strategies across stores and e-commerce to maximize product availability while minimizing stockouts and excess inventory.
• Guide the Senior Planners in analyzing sales, margin, inventory, receipts, and turn performance and identifying risks and opportunities.
• Review department and category forecasts and recommend actions to achieve financial objectives.
• Drive consistent planning, forecasting, hindsight, and reporting processes across the Planning and Allocation functions.
• Establish and monitor key inventory and performance metrics, translating data into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Partner with Buying and Merchandising to ensure inventory strategies support assortment, promotional, and category objectives.
• Collaborate with Distribution and Logistics to optimize inventory flow and product availability.
• Oversee allocation strategies for new store openings, seasonal transitions, promotions, and other key business initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning and allocation systems, tools, reporting, and processes.
• Develop talent across the Planning and Allocation teams while building a collaborative, accountable, and results-driven culture.

Who you are

• Be a TPS brand ambassador
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Merchandising, Finance, Analytics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive retail merchandise planning and allocation management experience.
• Proven experience leading and developing Senior Planners, Planners, Allocators, or other inventory professionals.
• Strong knowledge of retail planning, allocation, replenishment, forecasting, and open-to-buy management.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with experience managing sales, margin, inventory, receipt, and turn performance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with merchandise planning, allocation, and reporting systems.
• A strategic thinker who can also roll up their sleeves and work through detailed inventory and business analysis.
• A strong communicator who can translate complex data into clear recommendations and influence cross-functional partners.
• Collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Experienced coaching and developing teams while holding them accountable for results.
• Able to work onsite at the Corporate Office in Acton, MA five days per week.

TPS Group Holdings is an equal-opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any other classification protected by state, local or federal law.

The pay range on this posting reflects what the company reasonably expects to pay for at this location at the time of this posting.