# Planning Manager

Position Summary: The Planning Manager is a leadership role responsible for the overall strategy, direction, and execution of the inventory planning function across all stocked product categories, including Wallcovering, Fabric, Furnishings, and carpet. This role is accountable for leading the team, developing world-class demand forecasts, optimizing inventory investment and ensuring product availability to support sales growth and maximize working capital efficiency. The Manager drives continuous improvement in planning processes and tools, manages key vendor relationships strategically, and serves as the primary liaison between Planning and senior leadership from Procurement, Category Management Team (CMT), Sales, and Operations. Expect high-level strategic thinking, decisive team leadership, and ultimate accountability for overall inventory health. Key Responsibilities: Team Leadership & Development Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Inventory Planners and Senior Planners. Set team strategy, goals, and priorities, and monitor progress toward overall inventory objectives. Oversee performance management, coaching, and training of team members, fostering a culture of high perfor

- **Id**: 3979323
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/gptw-us-planning-manager>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-13T14:07:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T00:43:02Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 27
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6779
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Human Resources, Management Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 48501
- **Name**: gptw_us
- **Domain**: greatplacetowork.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gptw-us>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Recruitee

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 5
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 80000
- **Max**: 100000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 100000

## Technologies

- **Asana** — Optional: no
- **Google Sheets** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 27

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T19:14:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 58
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.768
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 27
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T02:59:38Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 100000
- **Is top pay**: no

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